UA2850 DCA → ORD

United Airlines · Washington, DC to Chicago, IL · 105 flights observed, 2025-08-19 to 2025-12-17 · 612 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Thursdays vs. 61% on Wednesdays.

UA2850 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DCA → ORD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
83%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+36 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is UA2850 on time?

Across 105 flights on DCA → ORD from 2025-08-19 to 2025-12-17, UA2850 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 83% of the time. The median arrival delay was -4 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +36 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time8683%
16-30 min55%
31-60 min44%
61-120 min44%
2+ hrs44%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-081191%-9 min
2025-092596%-9 min
2025-102785%+2 min
2025-112378%+21 min
2025-121765%+25 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1788%
Tue1883%
Wed1861%
Thu15100%
Fri1694%
Sat2100%
Sun1776%

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