UA981United Airlines · DUB → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA981 DublinDUB · 11:35 ChicagoORD · 13:40

UA981 by United Airlines flies from Dublin (DUB) to Chicago (ORD) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
16:20

arrived at ORD · 160 min late

Typical gate push+39 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+66 minmedian over 7 operations

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+53+107+160 min
09-14
+160 arrival
09-13
+156 gate · +160 arrival
09-12
+147 gate · +150 arrival
09-11
+37 gate · +36 arrival
09-10
+10 gate · +28 arrival
09-09
+18 gate · +21 arrival
09-08
+92 gate · +66 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 +66 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DUBDublinOn-time likelyDUB delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
DUB→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
53%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+14 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DUB 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 UA981 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA981 across the DUB and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~66 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 0/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA981 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
09-14DUB 11:35ORD 13:40 16:20 (+160)
09-13DUB 11:35 14:11 (+156)ORD 13:40 16:20 (+160)
09-12DUB 11:35 14:02 (+147)ORD 13:40 16:10 (+150)
09-11DUB 11:35 12:12 (+37)ORD 13:40 14:16 (+36)
09-10DUB 11:35 11:45 (+10)ORD 13:40 14:08 (+28)
09-09DUB 11:35 11:53 (+18)ORD 13:40 14:01 (+21)
09-08DUB 11:35 13:07 (+92)ORD 13:40 14:46 (+66)
09-07DUB 11:35 12:14 (+39)ORD 13:40

Board clocks recorded as DUB and ORD published them.

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