UA1252United Airlines · IAD → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1252 WashingtonIAD · 10:41 ChicagoORD · 11:59

UA1252 by United Airlines flies from Washington (IAD) to Chicago (ORD) for the Fri, Sep 11 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
12:01

arrived at ORD · 2 min late

Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~28 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-11
+31 gate · +2 arrival
09-10
+11 gate · −12 arrival
09-09
+9 gate · −24 arrival
09-08
+6 gate · −44 arrival
09-07
+16 gate · −17 arrival
09-06
+18 gate · −11 arrival
09-05
+14 gate · −12 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −12 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
IADWashingtonModerate riskIAD delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
IAD→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at IAD and ORD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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T
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S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Washington to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1194departs 06:13
UA1555departs 06:15
UA346departs 08:17
UA1775departs 08:20
UA2331departs 13:10
UA1580departs 15:40

If UA1252 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IAD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA1252 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1252 across the IAD and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1252 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-11IAD 10:41 11:12 (+31)ORD 11:59 12:01 (+2)
09-10IAD 10:41 10:52 (+11)ORD 11:59 11:47 (−12)
09-09IAD 10:41 10:50 (+9)ORD 11:59 11:35 (−24)
09-08IAD 10:41 10:47 (+6)ORD 11:59 11:15 (−44)
09-07IAD 10:35 10:51 (+16)ORD 11:53 11:36 (−17)
09-06IAD 10:35 10:53 (+18)ORD 11:53 11:42 (−11)
09-05IAD 10:35 10:49 (+14)ORD 11:53 11:41 (−12)
09-04IAD 10:35 12:33 (+118)ORD 11:53

Aircraft

Recent tails: N66897, N69818, N69819, N67846.

Board clocks recorded as IAD and ORD published them.

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