UA1097 ORD → DCA

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to Washington, DC · 189 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-01-05 · 612 mi

This flight has been getting more reliable recently — 2026-01's on-time rate (100%) is well above the 68% average from earlier months.

UA1097 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ORD → DCA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
0 min
90th percentile
+58 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA1097 on time?

Across 189 flights on ORD → DCA from 2025-07-01 to 2026-01-05, UA1097 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 69% of the time. The median arrival delay was 0 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +58 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time12969%
16-30 min1810%
31-60 min2111%
61-120 min116%
2+ hrs74%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072962%+34 min
2025-083077%+8 min
2025-093073%+16 min
2025-103174%+4 min
2025-113060%+19 min
2025-123165%+17 min
2026-015100%-10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2774%
Tue2669%
Wed2774%
Thu2665%
Fri2759%
Sat2778%
Sun2665%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…