UA6024United Airlines · DSM → ORD
live · 37m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA6024 Des MoinesDSM · 06:00 ChicagoORD · 07:41

UA6024 by United Airlines flies from Des Moines (DSM) to Chicago (ORD).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
06:00

scheduled from DSM

⚖ UA6024 typically leaves +14 and lands −15. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+14 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~29 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+17 gate · −18 arrival
10-24
+15 gate · −18 arrival
10-23
+17 gate · −18 arrival
10-22
+7 gate · −23 arrival
10-21
+13 gate · −12 arrival
10-20
+5 gate · −12 arrival
10-19
+11 gate · −2 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 −15 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DSMDes MoinesOn-time likelyDSM delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
DSM→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+10 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DSM 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 on this route

Forecast

Des Moines to Chicago with United Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
18%1.5× usual

Forecast weather: 79% chance of rain at Des Moines; 97% chance of rain at Chicago

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 6 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 Des Moines to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA5308departs 06:05
UA2668departs 08:00
UA5439departs 09:50
UA3936departs 11:22
UA5304departs 11:22
UA2769departs 11:27

If UA6024 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Des Moines to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DSM 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 UA6024 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA6024 across the DSM and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 9/10 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 UA6024 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
10-30DSM 06:00 06:17 (+17)ORD 07:41 07:23 (−18)
10-24DSM 06:00 06:15 (+15)ORD 07:41 07:23 (−18)
10-23DSM 06:00 06:17 (+17)ORD 07:41 07:23 (−18)
10-22DSM 06:00 06:07 (+7)ORD 07:41 07:18 (−23)
10-21DSM 06:00 06:13 (+13)ORD 07:41 07:29 (−12)
10-20DSM 06:00 06:05 (+5)ORD 07:41 07:29 (−12)
10-19DSM 06:00 06:11 (+11)ORD 07:41 07:39 (−2)
10-18DSM 06:00 06:30 (+30)ORD 07:41 07:58 (+17)
10-17DSM 06:00 06:17 (+17)ORD 07:41 07:34 (−7)
10-16DSM 06:00 06:08 (+8)ORD 07:41 07:15 (−26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N143SY, N156SY, N635SY, N205SY.

Board clocks recorded as DSM and ORD published them.

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