UA5485United Airlines · MCI → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5485 Kansas CityMCI · 06:00 ChicagoORD · 07:58

UA5485 by United Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Chicago (ORD).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
06:00

scheduled from MCI

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~2 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
−3 gate · −12 arrival
08-10
−3 gate · −12 arrival
08-09
−2 gate · +4 arrival
08-08
−4 gate · −7 arrival
08-07
−6 gate · −5 arrival
08-06
+0 gate · +19 arrival
08-05
−8 gate · +2 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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
MCI→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
50%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+17 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MCI 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 Kansas City to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1733departs 00:00
UA1738departs 00:00
UA1922departs 00:00
UA2770departs 00:00
UA2792departs 00:00
UA5360departs 06:00

If UA5485 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA5485 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5485 across the MCI and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 8/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5485 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
08-17MCI 06:00 05:57 (−3)ORD 07:58 07:46 (−12)
08-10MCI 06:00 05:57 (−3)ORD 07:58 07:46 (−12)
08-09MCI 06:00 05:58 (−2)ORD 07:58 08:02 (+4)
08-08MCI 06:00 05:56 (−4)ORD 07:58 07:51 (−7)
08-07MCI 06:00 05:54 (−6)ORD 07:58 07:53 (−5)
08-06MCI 06:00 (+0)ORD 07:58 08:17 (+19)
08-05MCI 06:00 05:52 (−8)ORD 07:58 08:00 (+2)
08-04MCI 06:00 05:54 (−6)ORD 07:58 07:32 (−26)
08-03MCI 06:00 06:31 (+31)ORD 07:58 08:08 (+10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N151SY, N605UX, N163SY, N204SY.

Board clocks recorded as MCI and ORD published them.

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