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UA 2417 on time

United Airlines 2417: Houston to Chicago at 11:55 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
75%
281 flights · likely 70–80%
Cancelled
0.7%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
+1 min
median vs schedule
When late
+69 min
average delay
Similar flights
75%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 4 UA 2417 flights from Houston arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (25%); 0.7% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 1 minutes late.

UA 2417: IAH → ORD

Scheduled to leave Houston at 11:55 a.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 75% of the time (281 flights), in line with other UA flights on the route at that hour (75%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Aug 2025: 65% on time (31 flights)65AugSep 2025: 93% on time (30 flights)93SepOct 2025: 81% on time (31 flights)81OctNov 2025: 70% on time (30 flights)70NovDec 2025: 71% on time (31 flights)71DecJan 2026: too few flights (5 flights)JanFeb 2026: 88% on time (17 flights)88FebMar 2026: 71% on time (31 flights)71MarApr 2026: 73% on time (30 flights)73AprMay 2026: 77% on time (31 flights)77MayJun 2026: 67% on time (24 flights)67JunAug 2026: 67% on time (21 flights)67Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday4173%
Tuesday4090%
Wednesday4070%
Thursday4083%
Friday4068%
Saturday4073%
Sunday4073%

Why it was late

Air traffic & airport (NAS) 58%Late inbound plane 23%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 14%Severe weather 5%

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Questions

How often is UA 2417 from IAH to ORD late?

United Airlines 2417 from Houston, TX to Chicago, IL arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 25% of 281 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.7% 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.