UA2786United Airlines · IAH → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA2786 HoustonIAH · 17:17 ChicagoORD · 20:15

UA2786 by United Airlines flies from Houston (IAH) to Chicago (ORD).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
14:52

scheduled from IAH

Typical gate push+4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+29 minmedian over 1 operations

The route today

live boards
IAHHoustonOn-time likelyIAH delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
IAH→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), currently flying VFR (visual). 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Houston to Chicago with United Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.8%0.5× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
8.4%0.8× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 12 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 Houston to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1044departs 05:00
UA1486departs 05:00
UA2616departs 06:15
UA2802departs 07:20
UA2182departs 07:21
UA1617departs 08:21

If UA2786 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IAH local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA2786 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA2786 across the IAH and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +29 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA2786 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
10-24IAH 17:17 17:13 (−4)ORD 20:15 20:44 (+29)
10-23IAH 17:16 17:20 (+4)ORD

Board clocks recorded as IAH and ORD published them.

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