UA5399United Airlines · MKE → ORD
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UA5399 MilwaukeeMKE · 10:28 ChicagoORD · 11:38

UA5399 by United Airlines flies from Milwaukee (MKE) to Chicago (ORD) for the Mon, Aug 17 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 10:39 · 11 min late
En route

en route from MKE to ORD

En routeUA5399 · position estimated
MKEMilwaukeeORDChicago
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 10:39.

⚖ UA5399 typically leaves +11 and lands −8. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−8 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~19 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
08-17
+11 gate · −12 arrival
08-10
+11 gate · −12 arrival
08-09
+48 gate · +21 arrival
08-08
+5 gate · −5 arrival
08-07
+3 gate · −26 arrival
08-06
+20 gate · +2 arrival
08-05
+5 gate · −22 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 −8 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MKEMilwaukeeOn-time likelyMKE delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
MKE→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
49%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+17 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MKE 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 Milwaukee to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA2480departs 00:21
UA5896departs 06:15
UA5590departs 07:18
UA4803departs 07:50
UA3718departs 08:30
UA5402departs 08:30

If UA5399 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Milwaukee to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MKE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA5399 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5399 across the MKE and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 7/9 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 UA5399 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
08-17MKE 10:28 10:39 (+11)ORD 11:38 11:26 (−12)
08-10MKE 10:28 10:39 (+11)ORD 11:38 11:26 (−12)
08-09MKE 10:28 11:16 (+48)ORD 11:38 11:59 (+21)
08-08MKE 10:28 10:33 (+5)ORD 11:38 11:33 (−5)
08-07MKE 10:28 10:31 (+3)ORD 11:38 11:12 (−26)
08-06MKE 10:28 10:48 (+20)ORD 11:38 11:40 (+2)
08-05MKE 10:28 10:33 (+5)ORD 11:38 11:16 (−22)
08-04MKE 10:28 11:17 (+49)ORD 11:38 12:09 (+31)
08-03MKE 10:28 10:39 (+11)ORD 11:38 11:30 (−8)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N210UA, N738EV, N570GJ, N941SW.

Board clocks recorded as MKE and ORD published them.

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