UA1304United Airlines · ORD → SNA
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1304 ChicagoORD · 09:00 Santa AnaSNA · 11:41

UA1304 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Santa Ana (SNA) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.

Right nowLanded in Santa Ana · today
11:29

arrived at SNA · 12 min early

Typical gate push+3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~9 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-17
+27 gate · −12 arrival
10-16
+12 gate · −9 arrival
10-15
−1 gate · +10 arrival
10-14
−4 gate · −14 arrival
10-13
−7 gate · +3 arrival
10-12
+3 gate · −6 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 −6 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
SNASanta AnaOn-time likelySNA delay board →
ORD→SNAevery 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
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and SNA 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Santa Ana flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA8169departs 09:43
UA1317departs 16:00
UA308departs 19:55

If UA1304 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Santa Ana on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA1304 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1304 across the ORD and SNA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1304 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
10-17ORD 09:00 09:27 (+27)SNA 11:41 11:29 (−12)
10-16ORD 09:00 09:12 (+12)SNA 11:41 11:32 (−9)
10-15ORD 09:00 08:59 (−1)SNA 11:41 11:51 (+10)
10-14ORD 09:00 08:56 (−4)SNA 11:41 11:27 (−14)
10-13ORD 09:00 08:53 (−7)SNA 11:41 11:44 (+3)
10-12ORD 09:00 09:03 (+3)SNA 11:41 11:35 (−6)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N39728, N12754, N16732, N13720.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and SNA published them.

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