Flight profile · United Airlines
UA1780
Houston (IAH) to Des Moines (DSM) · scheduled 8:17 PM – 10:45 PM
How UA1780 performs
457 operations, 2025-02-13 to 2026-06-30.
UA1780 arrived on time 72.5% of the time, against 70.0% for all IAH → DSM flights — this specific departure is 2.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.1 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 457 operations between 2025-02-13 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1780 | 72.5% | 1.09% | -2 min | 10.2% | 457 |
| United Airlines on IAH → DSM | 67.4% | 1.33% | 1 min | 11.4% | 902 |
| All IAH → DSM flights | 70.0% | 1.49% | 0 min | 10.5% | 1,144 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-02-13 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA1780 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.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFO→RSW San Francisco to Fort Myers | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| SMF→IAH Sacramento to Houston | 2025-01-07 – 2025-04-30 | 76 | — |
| IAH→MSP Houston to Minneapolis | 2025-03-06 – 2025-03-27 | 13 | — |
| CHS→IAD Charleston to Washington | 2025-03-09 – 2025-03-23 | 3 | — |
| IAH→DEN Houston to Denver | 2024-06-27 – 2025-01-06 | 177 | 80.2% |
| FLL→IAH Fort Lauderdale to Houston | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 17 | — |
| TPA→IAH Tampa to Houston | 2024-12-03 – 2024-12-18 | 14 | — |
| MSY→IAH New Orleans to Houston | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-02 | 36 | — |
| DEN→EWR Denver to Newark | 2024-03-31 – 2024-06-26 | 88 | — |
| SJC→DEN San Jose to Denver | 2024-05-02 – 2024-05-22 | 15 | — |
| SLC→DEN Salt Lake City to Denver | 2024-03-31 – 2024-05-01 | 23 | — |
| IAH→JAC Houston to Jackson | 2023-12-21 – 2024-03-30 | 42 | — |
| PHL→ORD Philadelphia to Chicago | 2024-03-07 – 2024-03-29 | 17 | — |
| ORD→PHL Chicago to Philadelphia | 2024-03-11 – 2024-03-25 | 3 | — |
| ATL→IAD Atlanta to Washington | 2024-02-15 – 2024-03-06 | 15 | — |
| EWR→BOS Newark to Boston | 2024-01-09 – 2024-02-14 | 27 | — |
| LGA→DEN New York to Denver | 2023-11-28 – 2023-12-20 | 23 | — |
| SFO→SAN San Francisco to San Diego | 2023-10-29 – 2023-11-27 | 30 | — |
| EWR→SFO Newark to San Francisco | 2023-09-29 – 2023-10-28 | 30 | — |
| TPA→EWR Tampa to Newark | 2023-10-01 – 2023-10-28 | 28 | — |
| SFO→ONT San Francisco to Ontario | 2023-10-01 – 2023-10-28 | 25 | — |
| IAD→DEN Washington to Denver | 2023-09-05 – 2023-09-28 | 24 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1780 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 457 records of UA1780 operating IAH → DSM, 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.