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UA 4540 on time

United Airlines 4540: Chattanooga to Chicago at 6:00 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
84%
158 flights · likely 78–89%
Cancelled
0.0%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−9 min
median vs schedule
When late
+114 min
average delay
Similar flights
81%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 6 UA 4540 flights from Chattanooga arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (16%); 0.0% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 9 minutes early.

UA 4540: CHA → ORD

Scheduled to leave Chattanooga at 6:00 a.m. local time, operated by GoJet as G7 4540. Over the past year it arrived on time 84% of the time (158 flights), better than other UA flights on the route at that hour (81%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Aug 2025: too few flights (11 flights)AugSep 2025: 83% on time (30 flights)83SepOct 2025: 84% on time (25 flights)84OctMay 2026: too few flights (11 flights)MayJun 2026: 77% on time (30 flights)77JunJul 2026: 90% on time (31 flights)90JulAug 2026: 84% on time (31 flights)84Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday2391%
Tuesday2291%
Wednesday2282%
Thursday2378%
Friday2378%
Saturday2378%
Sunday2291%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 77%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 16%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 8%

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Questions

How often is UA 4540 from CHA to ORD late?

United Airlines 4540 from Chattanooga, TN to Chicago, IL arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 16% of 158 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.