UA1278United Airlines · ORD → CMH
live · 19m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1278 ChicagoORD · 17:59 ColumbusCMH · 20:34

UA1278 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Columbus (CMH) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate G2
17:59

departs ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push+193 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+166 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~27 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
CMHColumbusOn-time likelyCMH delay board →
ORD→CMHevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.0%Chance of cancellation
+20 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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.

Other Chicago to Columbus flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA451departs 06:55
UA3592departs 09:16
UA2063departs 10:44
UA3565departs 12:53
UA1069departs 14:30
UA3516departs 14:30

If UA1278 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Columbus 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 UA1278 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1278 across the ORD and CMH boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left heavily delayed (~193 min) but landed heavily delayed (~166 min). Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1278 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
10-15ORD 17:59 17:56 (−3)CMH 20:34 20:21 (−13)
10-14ORD 17:59 21:12 (+193)CMH 20:34 23:20 (+166)

Board clocks recorded as ORD and CMH published them.

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