UA5629United Airlines · SDF → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5629 LouisvilleSDF · 10:04 ChicagoORD · 10:40

UA5629 by United Airlines flies from Louisville (SDF) to Chicago (ORD).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
10:04

scheduled from SDF

Typical gate push+30 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−3 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~33 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
08-10
+3 gate · −35 arrival
08-09
+21 gate · −9 arrival
08-08
+30 gate · +1 arrival
08-07
+44 gate · +1 arrival
08-06
+45 gate · +24 arrival
08-05
+13 gate · −3 arrival
08-04
−19 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 −3 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SDFLouisvilleModerate riskSDF delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
SDF→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.2%Chance of cancellation
+17 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SDF 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 Louisville to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA5547departs 05:10
UA3507departs 05:15
UA3422departs 07:10
UA4622departs 07:21
UA3579departs 09:00
UA3696departs 09:00

If UA5629 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Louisville to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SDF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA5629 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5629 across the SDF and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 6/7 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 UA5629 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
08-10SDF 10:04 10:07 (+3)ORD 10:40 10:05 (−35)
08-09SDF 10:04 10:25 (+21)ORD 10:40 10:31 (−9)
08-08SDF 10:04 10:34 (+30)ORD 10:40 10:41 (+1)
08-07SDF 10:04 10:48 (+44)ORD 10:40 10:41 (+1)
08-06SDF 10:04 10:49 (+45)ORD 10:40 11:04 (+24)
08-05SDF 10:04 10:17 (+13)ORD 10:40 10:37 (−3)
08-04SDF ORD 10:40 10:21 (−19)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N788SK, N603SK, N572GJ, N779SK.

Board clocks recorded as SDF and ORD published them.

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