UA1987United Airlines · ORD → JAC
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1987 ChicagoORD · 16:20 JacksonJAC · 18:41

UA1987 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Jackson (JAC) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Jackson · off blocks 16:08 · 12 min early
En route

en route from ORD to JAC

En routeUA1987 · position estimated
ORDChicagoJACJackson
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 16:08 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 8.5 min.

Typical gate push−12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
−12 gate · −4 arrival
10-23
−11 gate · −4 arrival
10-22
−12 gate · −4 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
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
JACJacksonOn-time likelyJAC delay board →
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Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at ORD

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 8°C to 10°C
Low5°Clikely 2°C to 7°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

How UA1987 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1987 across the ORD and JAC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: departed -12 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1987 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
11-05ORD 16:20 16:08 (−12)JAC 18:41 18:37 (−4)
10-23ORD 16:20 16:09 (−11)JAC 18:41 18:37 (−4)
10-22ORD 16:20 16:08 (−12)JAC 18:41 18:37 (−4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N27722, N27724.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and JAC published them.

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