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IAD → ORD

Washington Dulles International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
74.7%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
84 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,106
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Air traffic control & airport 59%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 20%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 18%
  • Extreme weather 4%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 78.8% 203
October 2025 72.7% 176
November 2025 77.7% 151
December 2025 75.3% 146
January 2026 72.8% 129
February 2026 75.0% 112
March 2026 77.5% 148
April 2026 75.7% 181
May 2026 76.9% 217
June 2026 79.4% 210
July 2026 66.5% 216
August 2026 69.6% 217

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
United Airlines 2,106 74.7% 0.9% 84 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • UA2331

    20% late · 365 flights

  • UA2497

    53% late · 365 flights

  • UA1775

    16% late · 341 flights

  • UA1738

    22% late · 339 flights

  • UA1252

    8% late · 156 flights

  • UA2649

    36% late · 56 flights

  • UA1778

    4% late · 55 flights

  • UA2304

    60% late · 50 flights

  • UA279

    12% late · 50 flights

  • UA1393

    39% late · 47 flights

  • UA2070

    15% late · 47 flights

  • UA708

    14% late · 36 flights

  • UA2748

    10% late · 31 flights

  • UA2056

    4% late · 24 flights

  • UA2401

    8% late · 24 flights

  • UA1898

    17% late · 23 flights

  • UA1555

    5% late · 21 flights

  • UA1580

    48% late · 21 flights

  • UA421

    33% late · 21 flights

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