UA1640United Airlines · FAI → ORD
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1640 FairbanksFAI · 20:27 ChicagoORD · 05:25

UA1640 by United Airlines flies from Fairbanks (FAI) to Chicago (ORD) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowDescending into Chicago
05:25

estimated arrival at ORD · local time · ~8 min from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
FAI10 mi · ~8 min leftORD
8,700 ftAltitudedescending
353 mphSpeed307 kt
118°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 0m

Typical gate push+38 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+15 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~23 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation1 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+90+181+271 min
08-18
+271 gate
08-16
+66 arrival
08-15
+8 arrival
08-14
−14 arrival
08-13
+40 arrival
08-12
+138 arrival
08-11
+271 gate · +259 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 +15 min · 1 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
FAIFairbanksOn-time likelyFAI delay board →
ORDChicagoHigh riskORD delay board →
FAI→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

How UA1640 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1640 across the FAI and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min late. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 7/13 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 UA1640 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
08-18FAI 20:27 00:58 (+271)ORD 05:25
08-16FAI ORD 05:25 06:31 (+66)
08-15FAI ORD 05:25 05:33 (+8)
08-14FAI ORD 05:25 05:11 (−14)
08-13FAI ORD 05:25 06:05 (+40)
08-12FAI ORD 05:25 07:43 (+138)
08-11FAI 20:27 00:58 (+271)ORD 05:25 09:44 (+259)
08-10FAI ORD 05:42 06:22 (+40)
08-09FAI 20:45 15:42 (−303)ORD 05:42 06:49 (+67)
08-08CANCELLED
08-07FAI ORD 05:42 05:50 (+8)
08-06FAI 20:45 21:23 (+38)ORD 05:42 05:43 (+1)
08-05FAI ORD 05:42 05:44 (+2)
08-04FAI 20:45 20:52 (+7)ORD 05:42 05:15 (−27)
08-03FAI ORD 05:42 05:57 (+15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N17417, N37540, N47434, N17454.

Board clocks recorded as FAI and ORD published them.

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