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United Airlines IAD to EWR on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.5%
37 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
95 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on IAD to EWR arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.5% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (46%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 53.9% on time, 6.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 60.2% on time, 0.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 71.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 72.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 67.0% on time, 1.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 75.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 82.0% on time, 6.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 86.3% on time, 6.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 75.2% on time, 1.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 89.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 89.2% on time, 2.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 79.0% on time, 1.4% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 67.6% on time, 7.9% 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 congestion46%
  • Late-arriving aircraft25%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)15%
  • Extreme weather14%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on IAD to EWR

1,507 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 37 cancelled, 1 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.