DCA → EWR United Airlines

United Airlines · Washington, DC to Newark, NJ · 3,319 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 37 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 90% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 52% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+102 min
Cancellation rate
6%

How on-time is United Airlines from DCA to EWR?

Across every United Airlines flight number on DCA → EWR (3,319 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +102 min or later. 6% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,20571%
16-30 min1906%
31-60 min2217%
61-120 min2297%
2+ hrs2648%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0724160%+61 min
2025-0827668%+26 min
2025-0927678%+15 min
2025-1028763%+23 min
2025-1122660%+40 min
2025-1224365%+26 min
2026-0125780%+8 min
2026-0223673%+11 min
2026-0328171%+26 min
2026-0427876%+12 min
2026-0526879%+7 min
2026-0624076%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon46375%
Tue49374%
Wed47771%
Thu46566%
Fri49166%
Sat31476%
Sun40670%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…