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United Airlines IAD to BOS on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Boston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
30 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on IAD to BOS arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.1% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (63%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 70.5% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 79.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 57.9% on time, 1.4% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 74.0% on time, 0.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 77.8% on time, 1.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 77.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 87.4% on time, 6.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 86.3% on time, 7.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 80.3% on time, 1.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 81.3% on time, 0.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 81.2% on time, 2.5% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.9% on time, 3.3% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion63%
  • Late-arriving aircraft17%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)15%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on IAD to BOS

1,457 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 30 cancelled, 0 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.