UA1972United Airlines · ORD → SLC
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UA1972 ChicagoORD · 09:00 Salt Lake CitySLC · 11:35

UA1972 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Salt Lake City (SLC) for the Sat, Oct 24 departure.

Right nowLanded in Salt Lake City · position data
11:21

arrived at SLC · 13 min early

Typical gate push−1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~4 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-24
−2 gate · −5 arrival
10-23
−1 gate · +9 arrival
10-22
−8 gate · −26 arrival
10-21
−5 gate · −30 arrival
10-20
+33 gate · −5 arrival
10-19
+32 gate · +1 arrival
10-18
+0 gate

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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
SLCSalt Lake CityOn-time likelySLC delay board →
ORD→SLCevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and SLC 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.

Other Chicago to Salt Lake City flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1955departs 12:42
UA955departs 14:05
UA5207departs 18:59
UA1710departs 20:10
UA5252departs 20:10

If UA1972 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Salt Lake City 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 UA1972 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1972 across the ORD and SLC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1972 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
10-24ORD 09:00 08:58 (−2)SLC 11:35 11:30 (−5)
10-23ORD 09:00 08:59 (−1)SLC 11:35 11:44 (+9)
10-22ORD 09:00 08:52 (−8)SLC 11:35 11:09 (−26)
10-21ORD 09:00 08:55 (−5)SLC 11:35 11:05 (−30)
10-20ORD 09:00 09:33 (+33)SLC 11:35 11:30 (−5)
10-19ORD 09:00 09:32 (+32)SLC 11:35 11:36 (+1)
10-18ORD 09:00 (+0)SLC

Aircraft

Recent tails: N12238, N17479, N73270, N37473.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and SLC published them.

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