UA279Chicago to Fort Lauderdale
United Airlines flight UA279 flies from Chicago O'Hare (ORD) to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL), 1,905 km. Over August 2025 to July 2026 it usually arrives about 13 minutes late: 77% of 653 flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule and 2.1% were cancelled (US Department of Transportation data).
On-time record, last 12 months
Every operation of UA279, August 2025 to July 2026: 653 flights. Source: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, public domain.
Routes flown as UA279
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD) to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL)170 flights
- Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL) to Newark Liberty (EWR)148 flights
- Los Angeles (LAX) to Tampa (TPA)145 flights
- Tampa (TPA) to Newark Liberty (EWR)51 flights
- Washington Dulles (IAD) to Chicago O'Hare (ORD)50 flights
- San Francisco (SFO) to Chicago O'Hare (ORD)35 flights
- Houston (IAH) to Portland (PDX)31 flights
- Columbus (CMH) to San Francisco (SFO)18 flights
- Tampa (TPA) to Chicago O'Hare (ORD)2 flights
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD) to Rochester (ROC)2 flights
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