UA2825United Airlines · ORD → PHL
live · 4m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA2825 ChicagoORD · 16:00 PhiladelphiaPHL · 23:24

UA2825 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Philadelphia (PHL) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.

Right nowDescending into Philadelphia · off blocks 15:52 · 8 min early
22:52

estimated arrival at PHL · local time · ~4h 38m from now

LivePosition · updated 4m ago
ORD201 mi · ~4h 38m leftPHL
31,200 ftAltitudedescending
510 mphSpeed443 kt
96°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 58 min

Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~4 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-17
−8 gate · −32 arrival
10-16
+67 gate · +86 arrival
10-15
−5 gate · −9 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 →
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
ORD→PHLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at ORD and PHL 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 Philadelphia flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA2856departs 07:00
UA729departs 09:07
UA2182departs 11:25
UA2430departs 14:51
UA1776departs 18:15

If UA2825 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Philadelphia 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 UA2825 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA2825 across the ORD and PHL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +86 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA2825 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
10-17ORD 16:00 15:52 (−8)PHL 23:24 22:52 (−32)
10-16ORD 16:00 17:07 (+67)PHL 23:24 00:50 (+86)
10-15ORD 16:00 15:55 (−5)PHL 23:24 23:15 (−9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N889UA, N18223.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and PHL published them.

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