UA5993United Airlines · SLC → ORD
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UA5993 Salt Lake CitySLC · 16:05 ChicagoORD · 20:31

UA5993 by United Airlines flies from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Chicago (ORD) for the Wed, Nov 11 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 16:13 · 8 min late
20:31

estimated arrival at ORD · local time · ~14h 08m from now

En routeUA5993 · position estimated
SLCSalt Lake CityORDChicago
Estimated from the boardsarr 20:31

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 16:13 · typical taxi-out at SLC ≈ 9 min.

Typical gate push+8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−11 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-12
+8 gate
11-11
+8 gate · −22 arrival
11-10
+2 gate · −27 arrival
11-09
+10 gate · −1 arrival
11-08
+9 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 −11 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SLCSalt Lake CityOn-time likelySLC delay board →
ORDChicagoHigh riskORD delay board →
SLC→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+10 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at Salt Lake City

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 15°C to 19°C
Low6°Clikely 4°C to 8°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Chicago

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High6°Clikely 4°C to 8°C
Low2°Clikely 0°C to 4°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Salt Lake City to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA5502departs 06:00
UA1502departs 08:06
UA5707departs 12:29
UA1382departs 12:35

If UA5993 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Salt Lake City to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SLC local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How UA5993 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5993 across the SLC and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5993 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
11-12SLC 16:05 16:13 (+8)ORD 20:31
11-11SLC 16:05 16:13 (+8)ORD 20:31 20:09 (−22)
11-10SLC 16:05 16:07 (+2)ORD 20:31 20:04 (−27)
11-09SLC 16:05 16:15 (+10)ORD 20:31 20:30 (−1)
11-08SLC ORD 20:31 20:40 (+9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N618UX, N603UX.

Board clocks recorded as SLC and ORD published them.

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