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United Airlines IAD to RDU on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Raleigh/Durham · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
84%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
13 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 83% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on IAD to RDU arrived on time 84% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.2% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 83% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (38%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 87.5% on time, 1.8% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 92.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 85.3% on time, 0.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 83.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 82.2% on time, 0.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 77.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 89.2% on time, 7.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 85.6% on time, 1.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 76.3% on time, 0.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 87.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 91.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 87.9% on time, 1.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 62.1% 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

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)38%
  • Late-arriving aircraft34%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
  • Extreme weather13%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on IAD to RDU

1,083 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 13 cancelled, 2 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.