ON TIMEBOARD

UA 1117 on time

United Airlines 1117: Chicago to Boston at 9:15 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
86%
146 flights · likely 80–91%
Cancelled
0.0%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−11 min
median vs schedule
When late
+68 min
average delay
Similar flights
83%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 7 UA 1117 flights from Chicago arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (14%); 0.0% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 11 minutes early.

UA 1117: ORD → BOS

Scheduled to leave Chicago at 9:15 a.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 86% of the time (146 flights), better than other UA flights on the route at that hour (83%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Oct 2023: too few flights (3 flights)OctNov 2023: 78% on time (27 flights)78NovMar 2026: 65% on time (23 flights)65MarApr 2026: 88% on time (25 flights)88AprMay 2026: too few flights (9 flights)MayJun 2026: 96% on time (27 flights)96JunJul 2026: 90% on time (31 flights)90JulAug 2026: 87% on time (31 flights)87Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday2383%
Tuesday22100%
Wednesday2286%
Thursday2391%
Friday2374%
Saturday10—
Sunday2387%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 41%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 25%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 20%Severe weather 15%

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Questions

How often is UA 1117 from ORD to BOS late?

United Airlines 1117 from Chicago, IL to Boston, MA arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 14% of 146 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.0% were cancelled.

Flight numbers change. Figures cover flights with this airline, number and route only. "Likely range" is the 95% interval for the true on-time rate given the number of flights. This is history, not live status: check United Airlines for today's flight. Method.