LGA → IAD United Airlines

United Airlines · New York, NY to Washington, DC · 1,450 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 45 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 +70 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+70 min
Cancellation rate
7%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on LGA → IAD (1,450 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +70 min or later. 7% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,01575%
16-30 min1048%
31-60 min745%
61-120 min927%
2+ hrs645%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710463%+37 min
2025-0812083%+2 min
2025-0911678%+2 min
2025-1012277%+13 min
2025-1110170%+18 min
2025-1211868%+18 min
2026-0111583%+4 min
2026-0210184%+4 min
2026-0310670%+12 min
2026-0411473%+16 min
2026-0512177%+9 min
2026-0611176%+9 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon18874%
Tue19679%
Wed19577%
Thu18972%
Fri19571%
Sat19481%
Sun19271%

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