UA1016United Airlines · SAN → ORD
live · 27m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1016 San DiegoSAN · 06:40 ChicagoORD · 13:01

UA1016 by United Airlines flies from San Diego (SAN) to Chicago (ORD) for the Tue, Oct 20 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
12:31

arrived at ORD · 30 min early

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-20
+0 gate · −30 arrival
10-19
+0 gate · −6 arrival
10-18
+0 gate · +2 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
SANSan DiegoOn-time likelySAN delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
SAN→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
55%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+20 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SAN 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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T
F
S
S

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other San Diego to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1710departs 10:40
UA3776departs 11:00
UA3780departs 12:00
UA1068departs 14:07
UA2486departs 16:55
UA540departs 22:30

If UA1016 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from San Diego to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SAN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA1016 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1016 across the SAN and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed -6 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1016 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
10-20SAN 06:40 (+0)ORD 13:01 12:31 (−30)
10-19SAN 06:40 (+0)ORD 13:01 12:55 (−6)
10-18SAN 06:40 (+0)ORD 13:01 13:03 (+2)

Board clocks recorded as SAN and ORD published them.

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