UA349United Airlines · ORD → DTW
live · 18m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA349 ChicagoORD · 21:32 DetroitDTW · 23:59

UA349 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Detroit (DTW) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate B19
21:32

departs ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push+32 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+23 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~9 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
10-16
+23 arrival
10-15
+32 gate · +23 arrival
10-14
+10 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
ORDChicagoHigh riskORD delay board →
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
ORD→DTWevery 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
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+19 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal 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 →

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 Detroit flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA3706departs 06:55
UA3632departs 08:50
UA5756departs 10:35
UA5882departs 12:49
UA2632departs 15:35
UA642departs 18:10

If UA349 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Detroit 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 UA349 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA349 across the ORD and DTW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +31 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA349 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
10-16ORD 21:32DTW 23:59 00:22 (+23)
10-15ORD 21:32 22:04 (+32)DTW 23:59 00:22 (+23)
10-14ORD 21:32 21:42 (+10)DTW 23:59 23:55 (−4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N434UA, N435UA, N442UA.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and DTW published them.

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