UA1870 SFO → IAD

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Washington, DC · 303 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-20 · 2,418 mi

This flight's scheduled flight time has grown by 13 min since 2025-07 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.

UA1870 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SFO → IAD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
86%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+26 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA1870 on time?

Across 303 flights on SFO → IAD from 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-20, UA1870 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 86% of the time. The median arrival delay was -9 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +26 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time25886%
16-30 min176%
31-60 min165%
61-120 min62%
2+ hrs31%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073168%+20 min
2025-083083%+1 min
2025-093070%+6 min
2025-103187%-6 min
2025-112986%-3 min
2025-1216100%-17 min
2026-0125100%-12 min
2026-022896%-15 min
2026-033090%-10 min
2026-043083%-15 min
2026-052095%-14 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon4195%
Tue4598%
Wed4482%
Thu4286%
Fri4379%
Sat4381%
Sun4281%

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