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
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).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 2,802 | 71% |
| 16-30 min | 327 | 8% |
| 31-60 min | 342 | 9% |
| 61-120 min | 256 | 6% |
| 2+ hrs | 217 | 6% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 336 | 61% | +41 min |
| 2025-08 | 331 | 75% | +13 min |
| 2025-09 | 333 | 74% | +10 min |
| 2025-10 | 348 | 76% | +5 min |
| 2025-11 | 309 | 69% | +17 min |
| 2025-12 | 311 | 70% | +16 min |
| 2026-01 | 321 | 72% | +15 min |
| 2026-02 | 307 | 74% | +9 min |
| 2026-03 | 326 | 71% | +14 min |
| 2026-04 | 320 | 70% | +14 min |
| 2026-05 | 347 | 70% | +16 min |
| 2026-06 | 355 | 70% | +24 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 609 | 71% |
| Tue | 623 | 75% |
| Wed | 599 | 70% |
| Thu | 595 | 71% |
| Fri | 603 | 67% |
| Sat | 318 | 77% |
| Sun | 597 | 68% |
UA flight numbers on ORD → DCA
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