UA5973 St LouisSTL · 17:28 ChicagoORD · 19:00
UA5973 by United Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Chicago (ORD).
scheduled from STL
Where the minutes go
last 3 operations · gate push → arrivalThe bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at STL 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 at St Louis
ForecastTue 10 Nov, local date
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
Tomorrow at Chicago
ForecastTue 10 Nov, local date
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
When it flies
scheduled departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other St Louis to Chicago flights today
same route · United AirlinesIf UA5973 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in STL 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 UA5973 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5973 across the STL and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: left noticeably late (~41 min) but landed noticeably late (~25 min). Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5973 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N618UX, N127SY.
Board clocks recorded as STL and ORD published them.
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Pro Flight Search: UA5973 St Louis to Chicago on-time performance, measured from the STL and ORD airport boards.
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