UA2826United Airlines · RDU → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA2826 Raleigh/DurhamRDU · 08:05 ChicagoORD · 09:32

UA2826 by United Airlines flies from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Chicago (ORD) for the Wed, Nov 11 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 08:32 · 27 min late
En route

en route from RDU to ORD

En routeUA2826 · position estimated
RDURaleigh/DurhamORDChicago
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 08:32.

Typical gate push+25 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+6 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-11
+27 gate · +6 arrival
10-31
+23 gate · +6 arrival
10-30
+10 gate · −5 arrival
10-28
+27 gate · +6 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
RDURaleigh/DurhamOn-time likelyRDU delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
RDU→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at RDU and ORD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 RDU

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 18°C to 23°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 12°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 Chicago

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 7°C to 10°C
Low4°Clikely 2°C to 6°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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Raleigh/Durham to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA2638departs 06:15
UA2620departs 08:05
UA1363departs 10:00
UA2437departs 11:25
UA5732departs 11:25
UA3406departs 13:10

If UA2826 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in RDU 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 UA2826 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA2826 across the RDU and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 UA2826 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
11-11RDU 08:05 08:32 (+27)ORD 09:32 09:38 (+6)
10-31RDU 08:05 08:28 (+23)ORD 09:33 09:39 (+6)
10-30RDU 08:05 08:15 (+10)ORD 09:32 09:27 (−5)
10-28RDU 08:05 08:32 (+27)ORD 09:32 09:38 (+6)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N890UA, N17719, N13718.

Board clocks recorded as RDU and ORD published them.

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Pro Flight Search: UA2826 Raleigh/Durham to Chicago on-time performance, measured from the RDU and ORD airport boards.

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