IAH → DCA United Airlines

United Airlines · Houston, TX to Washington, DC · 2,413 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 32 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -5 min, while the worst 10% run +56 min or later.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+56 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on IAH → DCA (2,413 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +56 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,80076%
16-30 min1597%
31-60 min2059%
61-120 min1326%
2+ hrs874%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0719859%+30 min
2025-0820663%+16 min
2025-0920281%+2 min
2025-1020979%+5 min
2025-1119377%+7 min
2025-1219288%-5 min
2026-0118985%+5 min
2026-0218682%+1 min
2026-0320475%+22 min
2026-0420182%+1 min
2026-0520676%+5 min
2026-0619760%+27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon35675%
Tue36784%
Wed35474%
Thu35273%
Fri35171%
Sat25278%
Sun35174%

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