UA487United Airlines · BDL → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA487 HartfordBDL · 09:15 ChicagoORD · 11:01

UA487 by United Airlines flies from Hartford (BDL) to Chicago (ORD) for the Sat, Sep 12 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
10:25

arrived at ORD · 36 min early

⚖ UA487 typically leaves +7 and lands −18. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+7 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−18 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~25 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-12
+4 gate · −36 arrival
09-11
+12 gate · −1 arrival
09-10
+8 gate · +5 arrival
09-09
+7 gate · −18 arrival
09-08
+4 gate · −18 arrival
09-07
+2 gate · −23 arrival
09-06
−2 gate · −32 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 −18 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BDLHartfordOn-time likelyBDL delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
BDL→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BDL 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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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Hartford to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA2672departs 06:00
UA4707departs 06:00
UA4664departs 08:47
UA267departs 11:44
UA693departs 12:12
UA2627departs 16:50

If UA487 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Hartford to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BDL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA487 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA487 across the BDL and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~18 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 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 UA487 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
09-12BDL 09:15 09:19 (+4)ORD 11:01 10:25 (−36)
09-11BDL 09:15 09:27 (+12)ORD 11:01 11:00 (−1)
09-10BDL 09:15 09:23 (+8)ORD 11:01 11:06 (+5)
09-09BDL 09:15 09:22 (+7)ORD 11:01 10:43 (−18)
09-08BDL 09:15 09:19 (+4)ORD 11:01 10:43 (−18)
09-07BDL 09:40 09:42 (+2)ORD 11:26 11:03 (−23)
09-06BDL 09:40 09:38 (−2)ORD 11:26 10:54 (−32)
09-05BDL 09:40 09:50 (+10)ORD 11:26 11:13 (−13)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N872UA, N37420, N849UA, N883UA.

Board clocks recorded as BDL and ORD published them.

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