UA973United Airlines · BRU → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA973 BrusselsBRU · 10:15 ChicagoORD · 12:00

UA973 by United Airlines flies from Brussels (BRU) to Chicago (ORD) for the Thu, Sep 17 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 10:59 · 44 min late
12:00

estimated arrival at ORD · local time · ~3h 21m from now

En routeUA973 · position estimated
BRUBrusselsORDChicago
Estimated from the boardsarr 12:00

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 10:59 · typical taxi-out at BRU ≈ 7 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+24 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+5 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-17
+44 gate
09-16
+11 gate · +19 arrival
09-15
+75 arrival
09-14
+24 gate · +5 arrival
09-13
+12 gate · +5 arrival
09-12
+23 gate · −2 arrival
09-11
+35 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 +5 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BRUBrusselsModerate riskBRU delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
BRU→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BRU 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.

How UA973 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA973 across the BRU and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 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 UA973 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
09-17BRU 10:15 10:59 (+44)ORD 12:00
09-16BRU 10:15 10:26 (+11)ORD 12:00 12:19 (+19)
09-15BRU 10:15ORD 12:00 13:15 (+75)
09-14BRU 10:15 10:39 (+24)ORD 12:00 12:05 (+5)
09-13BRU 10:15 10:27 (+12)ORD 12:00 12:05 (+5)
09-12BRU 10:15 10:38 (+23)ORD 12:00 11:58 (−2)
09-11BRU 10:15 10:50 (+35)ORD

Board clocks recorded as BRU and ORD published them.

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