UA1970United Airlines · ORD → CVG
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1970 ChicagoORD · 06:55 Cincinnati / CovingtonCVG · 09:20

UA1970 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Cincinnati / Covington (CVG) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate E14
06:55

departs ORD · on schedule

⚖ UA1970 typically leaves −5 and lands −12. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~7 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-17
−21 arrival
10-16
−5 gate · −25 arrival
10-15
+1 gate · −12 arrival
10-14
−6 gate · −6 arrival
10-13
−8 gate · −31 arrival
10-12
−6 gate · −1 arrival
10-11
−5 gate · −6 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 −12 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
CVGCincinnati / CovingtonOn-time likelyCVG delay board →
ORD→CVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and CVG 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
M
T
W
T
F
S
S

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

Other Chicago to Cincinnati / Covington flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA4531departs 08:40
UA5215departs 08:40
UA5266departs 10:43
UA6103departs 10:45
UA346departs 10:53
UA5573departs 12:50

If UA1970 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Cincinnati / Covington 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 UA1970 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1970 across the ORD and CVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 9/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1970 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
10-17ORD 06:55CVG 09:20 08:59 (−21)
10-16ORD 06:55 06:50 (−5)CVG 09:20 08:55 (−25)
10-15ORD 06:55 06:56 (+1)CVG 09:20 09:08 (−12)
10-14ORD 06:55 06:49 (−6)CVG 09:20 09:14 (−6)
10-13ORD 06:55 06:47 (−8)CVG 09:20 08:49 (−31)
10-12ORD 06:55 06:49 (−6)CVG 09:20 09:19 (−1)
10-11ORD 06:55 06:50 (−5)CVG 09:20 09:14 (−6)
10-10ORD 06:55 06:47 (−8)CVG 09:20 08:59 (−21)
10-09ORD 06:55 06:50 (−5)CVG 09:20 08:54 (−26)
10-08ORD 06:55CVG 09:20 09:42 (+22)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N24736, N24715, N14731, N27724.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and CVG published them.

Planning around UA1970? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

Cite this data

Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.

Suggested citation

Pro Flight Search — UA1970 Chicago to Cincinnati / Covington on-time performance, measured from the ORD and CVG airport boards.

Canonical URL
https://proflightsearch.com/flight/UA1970
How we measure this →