UA731United Airlines · CVG → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA731 Cincinnati / CovingtonCVG · 12:29 ChicagoORD · 13:03

UA731 by United Airlines flies from Cincinnati / Covington (CVG) to Chicago (ORD) for the Wed, Aug 19 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
13:09

arrived at ORD · 6 min late

Typical gate push+34 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+16 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~18 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+36+71+107 min
08-19
−2 gate · +6 arrival
08-18
+9 gate · +9 arrival
08-17
+34 gate · +16 arrival
08-16
+91 gate · +79 arrival
08-15
+107 gate · +86 arrival
08-14
+61 gate · +30 arrival
08-13
+29 gate · −7 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 +16 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CVGCincinnati / CovingtonOn-time likelyCVG delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
CVG→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
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CVG 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 Cincinnati / Covington to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1738departs 02:13
UA2778departs 05:25
UA3528departs 05:25
UA4532departs 06:00
UA5618departs 06:00
UA2752departs 07:00

If UA731 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Cincinnati / Covington to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CVG local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA731 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA731 across the CVG and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~16 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 3/7 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 UA731 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
08-19CVG 12:29 12:27 (−2)ORD 13:03 13:09 (+6)
08-18CVG 12:29 12:38 (+9)ORD 13:03 13:12 (+9)
08-17CVG 12:29 13:03 (+34)ORD 13:03 13:19 (+16)
08-16CVG 12:29 14:00 (+91)ORD 13:03 14:22 (+79)
08-15CVG 12:29 14:16 (+107)ORD 13:03 14:29 (+86)
08-14CVG 12:29 13:30 (+61)ORD 13:03 13:33 (+30)
08-13CVG 12:29 12:58 (+29)ORD 13:03 12:56 (−7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N835UA, N836UA, N879UA, N87513.

Board clocks recorded as CVG and ORD published them.

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