UA2488United Airlines · EWR → ORD
live · 2m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA2488 New YorkEWR · 08:00 ChicagoORD · 09:45

UA2488 by United Airlines flies from New York (EWR) to Chicago (ORD) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Chicago · off blocks 07:56 · 4 min early
09:45

estimated arrival at ORD · local time · ~1h 47m from now

LivePosition · updated 2m ago
ORD442 mi · ~1h 47m leftEWR
36,000 ftAltitudecruising
436 mphSpeed379 kt
275°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 44 min

⚖ UA2488 typically leaves −5 and lands −14. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−14 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~9 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
10-30
−4 gate
10-29
−4 gate · −12 arrival
10-28
−9 gate · −21 arrival
10-27
−9 gate · −14 arrival
10-26
−1 gate · −11 arrival
10-25
−3 gate · −15 arrival
10-24
−3 gate · −27 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 −14 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
EWRNew YorkOn-time likelyEWR delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
EWR→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at EWR 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

New York to Chicago with United Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.8%0.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.9%0.6× usual

Forecast weather: 94% chance of rain at Chicago

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 13 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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other New York to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA530departs 06:00
UA2431departs 07:15
UA2754departs 07:17
UA2290departs 09:10
UA1525departs 10:22
UA1439departs 11:10

If UA2488 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from New York to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in EWR 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 UA2488 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA2488 across the EWR and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA2488 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
10-30EWR 08:00 07:56 (−4)ORD 09:45
10-29EWR 08:00 07:56 (−4)ORD 09:45 09:33 (−12)
10-28EWR 08:00 07:51 (−9)ORD 09:45 09:24 (−21)
10-27EWR 08:00 07:51 (−9)ORD 09:45 09:31 (−14)
10-26EWR 08:00 07:59 (−1)ORD 09:45 09:34 (−11)
10-25EWR 08:00 07:57 (−3)ORD 09:45 09:30 (−15)
10-24EWR 07:55 07:52 (−3)ORD 09:40 09:13 (−27)
10-23EWR 08:00 07:52 (−8)ORD 09:42 09:38 (−4)
10-22EWR 08:00 07:53 (−7)ORD 09:42 09:13 (−29)
10-21EWR 08:00 07:53 (−7)ORD 09:45

Board clocks recorded as EWR and ORD published them.

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