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UA1549

Houston (IAH) to Washington (IAD) · scheduled 7:20 AM – 11:28 AM

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How UA1549 performs

591 operations, 2024-08-19 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
93.2%
548 of 588 completed
Cancellation rate
0.51%
3 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-8 min
Average -5.6 min
Severe delays
2.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
52 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
95.2%
Left the gate on time

UA1549 arrived on time 93.2% of the time, against 77.8% for all IAHIAD flights — this specific departure is 15.4 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 15.4 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 591 operations between 2024-08-19 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA154993.2%0.51%-8 min2.0%591
United Airlines on IAHIAD77.8%0.78%-3 min6.9%5,351
All IAHIAD flights77.8%0.78%-3 min6.9%5,351

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-08-19 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA1549 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
DENCHS Denver to Charleston2024-06-272024-08-1853
LAXIAH Los Angeles to Houston2024-01-092024-06-2617093.2%
IAHDCA Houston to Washington2024-03-072024-05-2235
IAHFLL Houston to Fort Lauderdale2024-04-012024-04-2921
IAHBOS Houston to Boston2024-02-152024-02-2911
EWRTPA Newark to Tampa2023-12-212024-01-0819
SLCDEN Salt Lake City to Denver2023-10-292023-12-2052
DENPHL Denver to Philadelphia2023-09-292023-10-2830
IAHORD Houston to Chicago2023-07-012023-09-289091.0%
ORDBOS Chicago to Boston2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1549 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 591 records of UA1549 operating IAHIAD, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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