UA2048United Airlines · YVR → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA2048 VancouverYVR · 13:45 ChicagoORD · 20:06

UA2048 by United Airlines flies from Vancouver (YVR) to Chicago (ORD) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 13:52 · 7 min late
En route

en route from YVR to ORD

En routeUA2048 · position estimated
YVRVancouverORDChicago
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 13:52 · typical taxi-out at YVR ≈ 8.9 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+7 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−14 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+7 gate · −20 arrival
10-24
+7 gate · −20 arrival
10-23
+5 gate · −9 arrival
10-22
+26 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
YVRVancouverOn-time likelyYVR delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
YVR→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.7%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at YVR and ORD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 on this route

Forecast

Vancouver to Chicago with United Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%0.7× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.8%1.1× usual

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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.

Other Vancouver to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1868departs 10:30

If UA2048 is cancelled, this is the other United Airlines nonstop flight from Vancouver to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in YVR local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How UA2048 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA2048 across the YVR and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA2048 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
10-31YVR 13:45 13:52 (+7)ORD 20:06 19:46 (−20)
10-24YVR 13:45 13:52 (+7)ORD 20:06 19:46 (−20)
10-23YVR 13:45 13:50 (+5)ORD 20:06 19:57 (−9)
10-22YVR 13:45 14:11 (+26)ORD 20:06 20:10 (+4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N73283, N79521, N37281.

Board clocks recorded as YVR and ORD published them.

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