UA1738United Airlines · MCI → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1738 Kansas CityMCI · 17:08 ChicagoORD · 19:02

UA1738 by United Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Chicago (ORD) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowExpected in Chicago · today
19:02

arrival expected at ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push+109 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+97 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~12 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+36+73+109 min
08-18
+109 gate
08-17
+109 gate · +77 arrival
08-16
+98 gate · +97 arrival

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

The route today

live boards
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
MCI→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
50%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+17 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Kansas City to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1733departs 00:00
UA1922departs 00:00
UA2770departs 00:00
UA2792departs 00:00
UA5360departs 06:00
UA5485departs 06:00

If UA1738 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA1738 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1738 across the MCI and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left heavily delayed (~109 min) but landed heavily delayed (~97 min). Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1738 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
08-18MCI 17:08 18:57 (+109)ORD 19:02
08-17MCI 17:08 18:57 (+109)ORD 19:02 20:19 (+77)
08-16MCI 17:08 18:46 (+98)ORD 19:02 20:39 (+97)

Board clocks recorded as MCI and ORD published them.

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