UA1972United Airlines · ORD → SLC
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UA1972 ChicagoORD · 08:50 Salt Lake CitySLC · 11:37

UA1972 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Salt Lake City (SLC) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowEn route to Salt Lake City · off blocks 08:45 · 5 min early
En route

en route from ORD to SLC

En routeUA1972 · position estimated
ORDChicagoSLCSalt Lake City
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 08:45 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 8.5 min.

Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 8 operations

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-06
−5 gate · +27 arrival
10-31
−1 gate · −5 arrival
10-30
−5 gate · +27 arrival
10-29
−5 gate · −13 arrival
10-28
−6 gate · −3 arrival
10-27
−4 gate · −5 arrival
10-26
−7 gate · −11 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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
SLCSalt Lake CityOn-time likelySLC delay board →
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Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at Chicago

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High10°Clikely 8°C to 11°C
Low0°Clikely −1°C to 2°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Salt Lake City

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High14°Clikely 13°C to 15°C
Low3°Clikely 2°C to 4°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

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 Salt Lake City flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA5560departs 08:50
UA6011departs 12:40
UA955departs 14:05
UA4632departs 15:35
UA5207departs 18:59
UA1182departs 19:57

If UA1972 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Salt Lake City on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How UA1972 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1972 across the ORD and SLC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 5/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1972 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
11-06ORD 08:50 08:45 (−5)SLC 11:37 12:04 (+27)
10-31ORD 08:50 08:49 (−1)SLC 11:37 11:32 (−5)
10-30ORD 08:50 08:45 (−5)SLC 11:37 12:04 (+27)
10-29ORD 08:50 08:45 (−5)SLC 11:37 11:24 (−13)
10-28ORD 08:50 08:44 (−6)SLC 11:37 11:34 (−3)
10-27ORD 08:50 08:46 (−4)SLC 11:37 11:32 (−5)
10-26ORD 08:50 08:43 (−7)SLC 11:37 11:26 (−11)
10-25ORD 08:50 08:46 (−4)SLC 11:37 11:15 (−22)
10-24ORD 09:00 08:58 (−2)SLC

Aircraft

Recent tails: N29717, N14731, N24706, N17730.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and SLC published them.

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