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UA1873

Phoenix (PHX) to Washington (IAD) · scheduled 9:00 AM – 4:17 PM

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How UA1873 performs

316 operations, 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
92.4%
290 of 314 completed
Cancellation rate
0.32%
1 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-12 min
Average -7.7 min
Severe delays
2.2%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
75 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
90.8%
Left the gate on time

UA1873 arrived on time 92.4% of the time, against 85.8% for all PHXIAD flights — this specific departure is 6.6 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.9 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 316 operations between 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA187392.4%0.32%-12 min2.2%316
United Airlines on PHXIAD87.5%1.04%-9 min3.8%2,304
All PHXIAD flights85.8%0.81%-7 min3.6%3,071

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA1873 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
IADDTW Washington to Detroit2026-04-012026-04-2718
IADCLE Washington to Cleveland2026-03-052026-03-2824
SEAIAD Seattle to Washington2025-06-262025-08-1854
DFWEWR Dallas–Fort Worth to Newark2025-05-312025-06-2513
IADBNA Washington to Nashville2023-07-012025-05-2142269.0%
BNAEWR Nashville to Newark2025-03-062025-03-2924
SANIAD San Diego to Washington2023-07-012025-03-0550080.5%
SFOSAN San Francisco to San Diego2024-09-262024-10-2631
IAHSFO Houston to San Francisco2024-08-182024-08-181
EWRCMH Newark to Columbus2024-05-232024-05-231
DENGEG Denver to Spokane2023-11-262023-11-261

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1873 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 316 records of UA1873 operating PHXIAD, 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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