UA1986 IAH → JAX

United Airlines · Houston, TX to Jacksonville, FL · 53 flights observed, 2025-10-26 to 2025-12-17 · 816 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2025-12's on-time rate (47%) is well below the 83% average from earlier months.

UA1986 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for IAH → JAX, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+46 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is UA1986 on time?

Across 53 flights on IAH → JAX from 2025-10-26 to 2025-12-17, UA1986 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 72% of the time. The median arrival delay was -8 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +46 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3872%
16-30 min36%
31-60 min713%
61-120 min36%
2+ hrs24%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-10683%-2 min
2025-113083%+2 min
2025-121747%+22 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon863%
Tue875%
Wed875%
Thu786%
Fri771%
Sat771%
Sun863%

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