UA987United Airlines · ORD → CDG
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA987 ChicagoORD · 18:10 ParisCDG · 09:20

UA987 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Paris (CDG) for the Sat, Sep 19 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate C18
18:10

departs ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push+2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+45 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-19
+45 arrival
09-18
+2 gate · +45 arrival
09-17
−25 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoHigh riskORD delay board →
CDGParisOn-time likelyCDG delay board →
ORD→CDGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at ORD and CDG 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 UA987 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA987 across the ORD and CDG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +45 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA987 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
09-19ORD 18:10CDG 09:20 10:05 (+45)
09-18ORD 18:10 18:12 (+2)CDG 09:20 10:05 (+45)
09-17ORD CDG 09:20 08:55 (−25)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N12010, N14019.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and CDG published them.

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