UA1606United Airlines · ORD → BOS
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1606 ChicagoORD · 10:25 BostonBOS · 14:07

UA1606 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Boston (BOS) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowLanded in Boston · today
13:33

arrived at BOS · 34 min early

Typical gate push+25 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~32 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+37+74+111 min
08-18
+1 gate · −34 arrival
08-17
−5 gate · −12 arrival
08-16
+4 gate · −7 arrival
08-15
+33 gate · +19 arrival
08-14
+111 gate · +55 arrival
08-13
+25 gate · −25 arrival
08-12
+8 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 −7 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
ORD→BOSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+17 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Chicago to Boston flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA3751departs 03:27
UA1186departs 06:05
UA2150departs 07:20
UA1076departs 07:33
UA1117departs 09:07
UA2401departs 12:52

If UA1606 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Boston 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 UA1606 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1606 across the ORD and BOS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 5/7 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 UA1606 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
08-18ORD 10:25 10:26 (+1)BOS 14:07 13:33 (−34)
08-17ORD 10:29 10:24 (−5)BOS 14:11 13:59 (−12)
08-16ORD 10:25 10:29 (+4)BOS 14:07 14:00 (−7)
08-15ORD 10:25 10:58 (+33)BOS 14:07 14:26 (+19)
08-14ORD 10:25 12:16 (+111)BOS 14:07 15:02 (+55)
08-13ORD 10:25 10:50 (+25)BOS 14:07 13:42 (−25)
08-12ORD BOS 14:07 14:15 (+8)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N17410, N69888, N37427, N36469.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and BOS published them.

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