UA1821 RDU → EWR

United Airlines · Raleigh/Durham, NC to Newark, NJ · 49 flights observed, 2025-10-26 to 2026-01-05 · 416 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 78% on-time on Mondays vs. 29% on Thursdays.

UA1821 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for RDU → EWR, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
52%
Median delay
+10 min
90th percentile
+131 min
Cancellation rate
6%

How often is UA1821 on time?

Across 49 flights on RDU → EWR from 2025-10-26 to 2026-01-05, UA1821 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 52% of the time. The median arrival delay was +10 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +131 min or later. 6% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2452%
16-30 min37%
31-60 min511%
61-120 min817%
2+ hrs613%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-1060%+94 min
2025-112148%+36 min
2025-121471%+15 min
2026-01580%-4 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon978%
Tue757%
Wed757%
Thu729%
Fri633%
Sat367%
Sun743%

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