ORD → DCA United Airlines

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to Washington, DC · 4,059 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 73 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -1 min, while the worst 10% run +72 min or later.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+72 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on ORD → DCA (4,059 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +72 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,80271%
16-30 min3278%
31-60 min3429%
61-120 min2566%
2+ hrs2176%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0733661%+41 min
2025-0833175%+13 min
2025-0933374%+10 min
2025-1034876%+5 min
2025-1130969%+17 min
2025-1231170%+16 min
2026-0132172%+15 min
2026-0230774%+9 min
2026-0332671%+14 min
2026-0432070%+14 min
2026-0534770%+16 min
2026-0635570%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon60971%
Tue62375%
Wed59970%
Thu59571%
Fri60367%
Sat31877%
Sun59768%

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