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UA1663

Houston (IAH) to Philadelphia (PHL) · scheduled 6:05 PM – 10:59 PM

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How UA1663 performs

369 operations, 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
76.4%
278 of 364 completed
Cancellation rate
1.36%
5 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-3 min
Average 8.9 min
Severe delays
8.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
65 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
73.4%
Left the gate on time

UA1663 arrived on time 76.4% of the time, against 80.1% for all IAHPHL flights — this specific departure is 3.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.3 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 369 operations between 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA166376.4%1.36%-3 min8.5%369
United Airlines on IAHPHL81.7%1.18%-6 min7.5%2,797
All IAHPHL flights80.1%1.96%-7 min9.0%5,706

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA1663 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
IAHJAC Houston to Jackson2026-05-222026-06-2712
IAHSTL Houston to St. Louis2026-03-052026-03-2824
EWRFLL Newark to Fort Lauderdale2025-09-252025-10-2531
LAXIAH Los Angeles to Houston2025-09-022025-09-2423
EWRJAX Newark to Jacksonville2025-08-122025-08-121
IADATL Washington to Atlanta2025-06-262025-07-3136
LASIAH Las Vegas to Houston2025-06-012025-06-2525
SANIAH San Diego to Houston2025-05-012025-05-2121
LIHDEN Lihue, Kauai to Denver2025-03-152025-04-267
IADEWR Washington to Newark2025-02-132025-03-0521
JACDEN Jackson to Denver2025-01-072025-02-1237
IAHBOS Houston to Boston2024-12-192025-01-0619
ORDCMH Chicago to Columbus2024-12-032024-12-1816
ORDATL Chicago to Atlanta2024-10-272024-12-0237
OMAIAH Omaha to Houston2024-07-022024-10-2611281.8%
IAHPHX Houston to Phoenix2024-09-262024-10-2631
IAHMSP Houston to Minneapolis2024-09-082024-09-081
IAHMFE Houston to McAllen2024-05-232024-08-1786
SMFIAH Sacramento to Houston2024-05-232024-06-2635
IAHSAT Houston to San Antonio2024-05-222024-05-221
IAHRSW Houston to Fort Myers2024-03-312024-05-2152
PBIDEN West Palm Beach to Denver2024-02-172024-03-307
DCAORD Washington to Chicago2024-03-072024-03-2920
EWRATL Newark to Atlanta2024-02-152024-03-0618
LAXEWR Los Angeles to Newark2024-02-152024-03-0617
MSYIAH New Orleans to Houston2024-01-092024-02-1437
JAXORD Jacksonville to Chicago2023-07-012023-11-2714895.7%
ORDBNA Chicago to Nashville2023-10-012023-10-2827
ORDGRR Chicago to Grand Rapids2023-09-292023-09-302
ORDBOS Chicago to Boston2023-09-052023-09-2824
ORDLGA Chicago to New York2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1663 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 369 records of UA1663 operating IAHPHL, 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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