IAD → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Washington, DC to Chicago, IL · 2,054 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 30 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 43% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+46 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on IAD → ORD (2,054 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +46 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,54476%
16-30 min1869%
31-60 min1387%
61-120 min854%
2+ hrs794%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0718264%+30 min
2025-0819277%+10 min
2025-0920379%+1 min
2025-1017674%+8 min
2025-1114878%+11 min
2025-1214677%+11 min
2026-0112573%+7 min
2026-0211278%+4 min
2026-0314277%+20 min
2026-0418176%+17 min
2026-0521678%+8 min
2026-0620979%+14 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon29077%
Tue29779%
Wed29074%
Thu28974%
Fri29576%
Sat28378%
Sun28873%

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