UA739United Airlines · OMA → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA739 OmahaOMA · 15:11 ChicagoORD · 17:05

UA739 by United Airlines flies from Omaha (OMA) to Chicago (ORD) for the Tue, Sep 15 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 15:35 · 24 min late
En route

en route from OMA to ORD

En routeUA739 · position estimated
OMAOmahaORDChicago
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 15:35.

Typical gate push+23 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+7 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~16 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
09-16
+24 gate · +7 arrival
09-15
+24 gate · +7 arrival
09-14
+23 gate · −16 arrival
09-13
+14 gate · −9 arrival
09-12
+15 gate

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 +7 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
OMAOmahaModerate riskOMA delay board →
ORDChicagoHigh riskORD delay board →
OMA→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at OMA 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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Omaha to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA346departs 06:00
UA5923departs 06:00
UA1862departs 06:02
UA5795departs 07:25
UA394departs 09:10
UA600departs 11:19

If UA739 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Omaha to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in OMA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA739 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA739 across the OMA and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 UA739 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
09-16OMA 15:11 15:35 (+24)ORD 17:05 17:12 (+7)
09-15OMA 15:11 15:35 (+24)ORD 17:05 17:12 (+7)
09-14OMA 15:11 15:34 (+23)ORD 17:05 16:49 (−16)
09-13OMA 15:11 15:25 (+14)ORD 17:02 16:53 (−9)
09-12OMA 15:11 15:26 (+15)ORD 17:05

Aircraft

Recent tails: N452UA, N4901U, N39726, N23707.

Board clocks recorded as OMA and ORD published them.

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