IAD → PHL United Airlines

United Airlines · Washington, DC to Philadelphia, PA · 1,101 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 48 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -7 min, while the worst 10% run +62 min or later.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+62 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on IAD → PHL (1,101 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +62 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time85180%
16-30 min474%
31-60 min616%
61-120 min464%
2+ hrs636%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710466%+25 min
2025-089776%+18 min
2025-098285%+4 min
2025-109286%+3 min
2025-117688%+2 min
2025-129173%+20 min
2026-018271%+46 min
2026-027486%-3 min
2026-038482%+10 min
2026-047787%-5 min
2026-059778%+9 min
2026-0611282%+10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15975%
Tue16985%
Wed16080%
Thu16379%
Fri16078%
Sat12581%
Sun13280%

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