UA987United Airlines · ORD → CDG
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA987 ChicagoORD · 19:45 ParisCDG · 09:55

UA987 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Paris (CDG) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate C18
19:45

departs ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push+19 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~26 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-27
+4 gate · +0 arrival
10-26
+19 gate · −7 arrival
10-25
+80 gate · −7 arrival
10-24
+9 gate · −7 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 →
CDGParisOn-time likelyCDG delay board →
ORD→CDGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and CDG 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

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

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.3%4.0× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.8%0.7× usual

Forecast weather: 26% chance of fog at Paris

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 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.

How UA987 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA987 across the ORD and CDG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 2/3 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 UA987 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
10-27ORD 19:45 19:49 (+4)CDG 09:55 (+0)
10-26ORD 19:45 20:04 (+19)CDG 09:55 09:48 (−7)
10-25ORD 19:45 21:05 (+80)CDG 09:55 09:48 (−7)
10-24ORD 19:45 19:54 (+9)CDG 09:20 09:13 (−7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N14016, N14019, N12020.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and CDG published them.

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