UA3518United Airlines · ORF → ORD
live · 28m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA3518 NorfolkORF · 13:00 ChicagoORD · 14:34

UA3518 by United Airlines flies from Norfolk (ORF) to Chicago (ORD) for the Wed, Aug 19 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
14:22

arrived at ORD · 12 min early

Typical gate push+9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+41+83+124 min
08-19
+6 gate · −12 arrival
08-18
+9 gate · −19 arrival
08-17
+9 gate · −18 arrival
08-16
+124 gate · +110 arrival
08-15
+7 gate · −9 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 −12 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORFNorfolkOn-time likelyORF delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
ORF→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
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORF 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
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 Norfolk to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA2797departs 06:00
UA3589departs 06:00
UA5437departs 06:00
UA5690departs 06:00
UA2809departs 08:00
UA5901departs 10:48

If UA3518 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Norfolk to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA3518 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA3518 across the ORF and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 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 UA3518 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
08-19ORF 13:00 13:06 (+6)ORD 14:34 14:22 (−12)
08-18ORF 13:00 13:09 (+9)ORD 14:34 14:15 (−19)
08-17ORF 13:00 13:09 (+9)ORD 14:34 14:16 (−18)
08-16ORF 13:00 15:04 (+124)ORD 14:34 16:24 (+110)
08-15ORF 11:30 11:37 (+7)ORD 13:04 12:55 (−9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N753YX, N778YX, N725YX, N740YX.

Board clocks recorded as ORF and ORD published them.

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