UA481United Airlines · ORD → SJC
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA481 ChicagoORD · 20:08 San JoseSJC · 22:50

UA481 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to San Jose (SJC) for the Sat, Sep 19 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate E15
20:08

departs ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push+201 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−31 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~232 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
SJCSan JoseOn-time likelySJC delay board →
ORD→SJCevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+29 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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 Chicago to San Jose flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA2221departs 08:59
UA2753departs 09:00
UA2145departs 09:09

If UA481 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to San Jose on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA481 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA481 across the ORD and SJC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: left heavily delayed (~201 min) but landed about 29 min early. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA481 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
09-18ORD 20:03 19:59 (−4)SJC 22:50 22:19 (−31)
09-17ORD 20:03 23:24 (+201)SJC

Aircraft

Recent tails: N12238.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and SJC published them.

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