UA1540 IAH → DCA

United Airlines · Houston, TX to Washington, DC · 105 flights observed, 2025-08-19 to 2025-12-17 · 1,208 mi

This flight has been getting more reliable recently — 2025-12's on-time rate (100%) is well above the 72% average from earlier months.

UA1540 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for IAH → DCA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
79%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+36 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is UA1540 on time?

Across 105 flights on IAH → DCA from 2025-08-19 to 2025-12-17, UA1540 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 79% of the time. The median arrival delay was -6 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +36 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time8379%
16-30 min99%
31-60 min99%
61-120 min33%
2+ hrs11%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-081155%+17 min
2025-092677%0 min
2025-102778%+2 min
2025-112479%+5 min
2025-1217100%-11 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1776%
Tue1883%
Wed1878%
Thu1675%
Fri1765%
Sat2100%
Sun1794%

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