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UA 5801 on time

United Airlines 5801: Charleston to Chicago at 7:00 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
71%
324 flights · likely 66–76%
Cancelled
2.5%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−1 min
median vs schedule
When late
+132 min
average delay
Similar flights
76%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 3 UA 5801 flights from Charleston arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (29%); 2.5% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 1 minutes early.

UA 5801: CRW → ORD

Scheduled to leave Charleston at 7:00 a.m. local time, operated by SkyWest as OO 5801. Over the past year it arrived on time 71% of the time (324 flights), worse than other UA flights on the route at that hour (76%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Aug 2025: 81% on time (31 flights)81AugSep 2025: 93% on time (30 flights)93SepOct 2025: 80% on time (25 flights)80OctDec 2025: 67% on time (30 flights)67DecJan 2026: 55% on time (31 flights)55JanFeb 2026: 63% on time (24 flights)63FebMar 2026: 68% on time (31 flights)68MarApr 2026: 70% on time (30 flights)70AprMay 2026: 74% on time (31 flights)74MayJun 2026: 77% on time (30 flights)77JunJul 2026: 68% on time (31 flights)68JulAug 2026: 71% on time (31 flights)71Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday4779%
Tuesday4770%
Wednesday4667%
Thursday4779%
Friday4762%
Saturday4475%
Sunday4667%

Why it was late

Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 69%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 15%Late inbound plane 11%Severe weather 5%

All flights CRW → ORD · Connecting off UA 5801? Check the risk

Questions

How often is UA 5801 from CRW to ORD late?

United Airlines 5801 from Charleston/Dunbar, WV to Chicago, IL arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 29% of 324 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 2.5% 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.