UA8204 ChicagoORD · 12:47 Santa AnaSNA · 14:26
UA8204 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Santa Ana (SNA).
scheduled from ORD
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at ORD and SNA 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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Chicago to Santa Ana flights today
same route · United AirlinesIf UA8204 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Santa Ana 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 UA8204 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA8204 across the ORD and SNA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +308 min. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA8204 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N24729.
Board clocks recorded as ORD and SNA published them.
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Pro Flight Search — UA8204 Chicago to Santa Ana on-time performance, measured from the ORD and SNA airport boards.
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