UA5381United Airlines · DTW → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5381 DetroitDTW · 15:16 ChicagoORD · 14:47

UA5381 by United Airlines flies from Detroit (DTW) to Chicago (ORD) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
15:54

arrived at ORD · 67 min late

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−3 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~3 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
09-08
+0 gate · +67 arrival
09-07
+0 gate · −3 arrival
09-06
+0 gate · −23 arrival
09-05
+0 gate

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
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
DTW→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+14 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DTW 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 Detroit to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA3416departs 05:25
UA4769departs 07:24
UA426departs 07:30
UA6465departs 07:45
UA1683departs 09:12
UA4726departs 09:15

If UA5381 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DTW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA5381 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5381 across the DTW and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 2/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5381 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-08DTW 15:16 (+0)ORD 14:47 15:54 (+67)
09-07DTW 14:02 (+0)ORD 14:47 14:44 (−3)
09-06DTW 13:59 (+0)ORD 14:47 14:24 (−23)
09-05DTW 14:06 (+0)ORD 14:50

Board clocks recorded as DTW and ORD published them.

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