UA4616United Airlines · STL → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA4616 St LouisSTL · 18:54 ChicagoORD · 20:29

UA4616 by United Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Chicago (ORD) for the Thu, Aug 20 departure.

Right nowExpected in Chicago · today
20:29

arrival expected at ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−8 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~21 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
08-19
+26 gate · −8 arrival
08-18
+13 gate · −20 arrival
08-17
+8 gate · −26 arrival
08-16
+62 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
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
STL→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at STL 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 St Louis to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA2805departs 06:00
UA4423departs 06:00
UA4570departs 07:25
UA4183departs 08:00
UA567departs 08:00
UA4601departs 08:50

If UA4616 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in STL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA4616 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA4616 across the STL and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 UA4616 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
08-19STL 18:54 19:20 (+26)ORD 20:30 20:22 (−8)
08-18STL 18:54 19:07 (+13)ORD 20:30 20:10 (−20)
08-17STL 18:54 19:02 (+8)ORD 20:30 20:04 (−26)
08-16STL ORD 20:30 21:32 (+62)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N556GJ, N566GJ, N538GJ.

Board clocks recorded as STL and ORD published them.

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