EWR → IAD United Airlines

United Airlines · Newark, NJ to Washington, DC · 1,825 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 39 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 50% departing 12–3pm.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+61 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on EWR → IAD (1,825 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +61 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,32174%
16-30 min1468%
31-60 min1337%
61-120 min986%
2+ hrs815%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714254%+55 min
2025-0815576%+13 min
2025-0915278%+10 min
2025-1015566%+16 min
2025-1114370%+13 min
2025-1215365%+17 min
2026-0114777%+8 min
2026-0212983%+3 min
2026-0315273%+14 min
2026-0415081%-3 min
2026-0515388%-3 min
2026-0614882%+5 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon24578%
Tue25978%
Wed25574%
Thu25370%
Fri25875%
Sat26080%
Sun24966%

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