UA5997United Airlines · ORD → MCI
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5997 ChicagoORD · 10:30 Kansas CityMCI · 12:20

UA5997 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Kansas City (MCI) for the Thu, Oct 15 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate F16 · as of 03:07
10:30

departs ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure

The route today

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

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
49%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+14 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MCI (Kansas City), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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 Chicago to Kansas City flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA6005departs 06:55
UA3575departs 07:15
UA5717departs 07:15
UA1764departs 08:45
UA561departs 12:40
UA545departs 14:10

If UA5997 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Kansas City on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA5997 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5997 across the ORD and MCI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: departed -3 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5997 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
10-14ORD 10:30 10:27 (−3)MCI 12:20

Board clocks recorded as ORD and MCI published them.

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