Flight number record
UA 2180
United Airlines · Pittsburgh to Chicago
- Route
- PIT → ORD
- Departs
- 14:11
- Flights
- 261
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
Historical statistics for September 2025 to August 2026, not live status. For today’s UA 2180, check with United Airlines.
UA 2180 sits in the middle of the pack with a C. About seven flights in ten arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 6 points worse than the national rate of 77.3%. The late ones land about 2.4 hours behind schedule. That rests on 261 flights, with a median arrival 2 minutes early.
The national on-time rate over the same period is 77.3%, so UA 2180 runs 6 points behind the country as a whole. Across a thousand flights that is about 56 extra late arrivals.
Key figures
On time
71.7%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 254 completed flights
Avg delay
145 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.68%
National rate is 1.89%
1 hour+ late
13.8%
National rate is 8.3%
These figures cover 261 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. Beyond the headline rate, 13.8% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.3% nationally.
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Schedule
When UA 2180 flies
UA 2180 flies PIT to ORD without a single fixed slot. Its most common scheduled departure was 14:11, used on 53 of 261 flights, with 14:05 (49 flights) and 14:10 (42 flights) next.
- Departs 14:1153 flights20.3%
- Departs 14:0549 flights18.8%
- Departs 14:1042 flights16.1%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of scheduled departures at each local time. Times used on fewer than one flight in ten are not listed.
A 14:11 departure sits in the 2pm–5pm window. Across every US flight scheduled in that window the on-time rate is 71.9%, and UA 2180 runs level with that at 71.7%. Midday slots inherit some of the morning's delays without yet carrying the full weight of the evening's.
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Against the route
UA 2180 next to PIT to ORD
Every carrier on PIT to ORD combined arrived on time 77.1% of the time across 4,031 flights, so UA 2180 is 5 points behind it. United flew 1,317 flights on the same city pair under all its flight numbers, including this one, and those ran 76.1% on time. Across its whole network United Airlines managed 78.8%, which this flight trails by 7 points.
| Compared with | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA 2180thin sample | 261 | 71.7% | 145 min | 2.68% | C |
| All United Airlines on PIT–ORD | 1,317 | 76.1% | 103 min | 2.20% | B |
| All carriers on PIT–ORD | 4,031 | 77.1% | 97 min | 2.23% | B |
| United Airlines, whole network | 830,825 | 78.8% | 73 min | 1.02% | B |
Across the year
UA 2180 quarter by quarter
UA 2180 did not run the same all year. Its best quarter was Oct–Dec 2025 at 83.9% on time and its weakest Jul–Sep 2026 at 62.3%, a swing of 22 points on roughly 65 flights a quarter. The twelve-month rate averages over that, so if you are flying in a weak quarter the quarter's own figure is the better guide.
- Oct–Dec 202531 flights83.9%
- Jan–Mar 202677 flights74.7%
- Apr–Jun 202691 flights71.3%
- Jul–Sep 202662 flights62.3%
Scale runs 55% to 90%.
By weekday, UA 2180 did best on Tuesday at 83.8% on time and worst on Monday at 59.0%. Each day rests on about 37 flights, so a gap of 25 points is worth noticing but could still narrow in another year.
Arrival by arrival
How late UA 2180 runs when it is late
The 72 late arrivals split 15 under half an hour, 22 between 30 and 60 minutes, and 35 an hour or more.
- 15+ min early54 flights21.3%
- Within 15 min128 flights50.4%
- 15–29 min late15 flights5.9%
- 30–59 min late22 flights8.7%
- 1–2 hours late11 flights4.3%
- 2+ hours late24 flights9.4%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of 254 completed flights by arrival against schedule.
Time lost at the gate mostly stays lost. Of 77 departures that left 15 minutes late or more, only 9 made it up before arrival. Only 4 left on time and still arrived late.
The worst days
Worst days for UA 2180
The latest arrival of the period was on 14 June 2026, 21 hours 45 minutes behind schedule; most of its delay minutes were filed as carrier-caused (crew, maintenance, fuelling, baggage). On three of the five worst days the largest share was filed as national airspace system delay.
| Date | Arrived late by | Largest filed cause |
|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2026 | 21 hours 45 minutes | Carrier |
| 11 June 2026 | 18 hours 7 minutes | National Airspace System |
| 15 March 2026 | 8 hours 7 minutes | National Airspace System |
| 30 November 2025 | 7 hours 23 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 31 August 2026 | 6 hours 56 minutes | National Airspace System |
Delay causes
Why UA 2180 runs late
National Airspace System accounts for 57% of the 10,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 57%National Airspace System
- 24%Late-arriving aircraft
- 17%Carrier
- 2%Extreme weather
57% of delay minutes are charged to the National Airspace System: air traffic volume, runway configuration, ground stops. No carrier can price its way out of that, which is why airport choice moves the number here more than carrier choice does. That is 5,936 minutes out of 10,000, against a national NAS share of 21%. The split is drawn from 10,440 delay minutes reported on UA 2180.
Cancellations run at 2.68%, against 1.89% nationally. That is about one flight in 40 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
Connections and routes
What a delay on this flight costs
13.8% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.3% nationally. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum for a connection here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
The same number turns up on four other city pairs in the data, including ORD to FLL (114), ORD to MIA (113) and ORD to MCO (58), but none flew often enough under UA 2180 to report a rate for. Carriers move flight numbers between routes, so the figures on this page apply to PIT to ORD only.
One caution: this is a thin sample. 261 flights over twelve months is enough to clear this site's floor but not enough to pin the rate down tightly, and a single bad week moves it by more than a point. Treat the grade as a rough reading.
What to do with this
Booking UA 2180
For a booking, the cancellation rate is the figure to plan around on UA 2180: 2.68% of its 261 scheduled flights did not operate. A late arrival costs about 2.4 hours, but a cancellation costs the day, so leave a later option open.
Related
Where to go next
- PIT to ORD, every carrier and departure
- ORD to PIT, the return direction
- Republic Airways 3461 on the same route87.5%
- Pittsburgh International (PIT) delay statistics
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) delay statistics
- United Airlines on-time record
- Every United Airlines flight number with a record
- The most and least reliable flight numbers in the US
- How often a connection fails at the major US hubs
A flight number here means United Airlines’s own number as it reports to the DOT. How the figures are computed is on the methodology page.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.