UA5402United Airlines · MKE → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5402 MilwaukeeMKE · 08:30 ChicagoORD · 09:41

UA5402 by United Airlines flies from Milwaukee (MKE) to Chicago (ORD) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 08:34 · 4 min late
En route

en route from MKE to ORD

En routeUA5402 · position estimated
MKEMilwaukeeORDChicago
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 08:34.

⚖ UA5402 typically leaves +11 and lands −5. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+75+149+224 min
10-28
+4 gate · −16 arrival
10-24
+10 gate · −9 arrival
10-23
+224 gate · +195 arrival
10-22
+18 gate · −5 arrival
10-21
+4 gate · −16 arrival
10-20
+171 arrival
10-19
+40 gate · +6 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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MKEMilwaukeeOn-time likelyMKE delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
MKE→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MKE and ORD 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.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

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

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
15%1.0× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 8 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 Milwaukee to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA5799departs 05:00
UA5896departs 06:15
UA4803departs 07:18
UA5412departs 08:00
UA3419departs 08:35
UA6015departs 08:35

If UA5402 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Milwaukee to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MKE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA5402 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5402 across the MKE and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 7/9 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5402 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
10-28MKE 08:30 08:34 (+4)ORD 09:41 09:25 (−16)
10-24MKE 08:30 08:40 (+10)ORD 09:41 09:32 (−9)
10-23MKE 08:30 12:14 (+224)ORD 09:41 12:56 (+195)
10-22MKE 08:30 08:48 (+18)ORD 09:41 09:36 (−5)
10-21MKE 08:30 08:34 (+4)ORD 09:41 09:25 (−16)
10-20MKE 08:30ORD 09:41 12:32 (+171)
10-19MKE 08:30 09:10 (+40)ORD 09:41 09:47 (+6)
10-18MKE 08:30 08:41 (+11)ORD 09:41 09:18 (−23)
10-17MKE 08:30 08:41 (+11)ORD 09:41 09:45 (+4)
10-16MKE 08:30 14:23 (+353)ORD

Aircraft

Recent tails: N162SY, N932EV, N959SW, N496CA.

Board clocks recorded as MKE and ORD published them.

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