Flight Reliability
UA 5448 · United Airlines
Chicago → FWA (ORD–FWA)
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WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 60%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 29 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.2%
- Cancelled
- 6 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Mondays have been rough.
UA 5448 arrived on time 72% of the time on Thursdays and just 53% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the ORD–FWA route.
UA 5448 arrived on time 60% of the time, versus 64% across the ORD–FWA route.
Well behind the United Airlines network.
UA 5448 arrived on time 60% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.
Recent months have been rougher.
UA 5448 arrived on time 55% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon53%(51 flights)
- Tue66%(50 flights)
- Wed59%(51 flights)
- Thu72%(50 flights)
- Fri56%(50 flights)
- Sat59%(51 flights)
- Sun55%(51 flights)
57%
May
Jun 41% → May 57% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 41% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 40% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 63% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 63% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 74% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 83% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 63% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 63% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 63% | 27 |
| March 2026 | 72% | 29 |
| April 2026 | 35% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 57% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 66%
- Diverted
- 0.8%
- Flights flown
- 354
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
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Based on 365 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.