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UA1885

Phoenix (PHX) to Houston (IAH) · scheduled 4:09 PM – 8:50 PM

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How UA1885 performs

386 operations, 2024-12-03 to 2026-06-29.

On-time arrivals
80.5%
306 of 380 completed
Cancellation rate
1.30%
5 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-5 min
Average 13.8 min
Severe delays
10.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
103 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
80.3%
Left the gate on time

UA1885 arrived on time 80.5% of the time, against 83.3% for all PHXIAH flights — this specific departure is 2.8 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.7 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 386 operations between 2024-12-03 to 2026-06-29

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA188580.5%1.30%-5 min10.8%386
United Airlines on PHXIAH86.2%0.95%-8 min5.6%4,965
All PHXIAH flights83.3%1.01%-7 min6.5%8,305

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-12-03 to 2026-06-29

Other routes UA1885 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
SFOSEA San Francisco to Seattle2026-05-232026-06-2417
XNASFO Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers to San Francisco2026-05-312026-05-311
TPASFO Tampa to San Francisco2026-04-302026-05-2018
PHXDEN Phoenix to Denver2026-03-292026-04-2928
MCOLAX Orlando to Los Angeles2026-03-052026-03-2824
LASIAH Las Vegas to Houston2026-01-062026-02-1137
SATIAH San Antonio to Houston2025-08-072025-08-071
DENRIC Denver to Richmond2025-08-012025-08-011
SJCORD San Jose to Chicago2024-12-192025-01-0615
EWRPHX Newark to Phoenix2024-08-192024-12-0210586.7%
FLLEWR Fort Lauderdale to Newark2024-06-272024-08-1853
EWRSFO Newark to San Francisco2024-08-012024-08-1818
EWRLAS Newark to Las Vegas2024-06-272024-06-304
EWRSNA Newark to Santa Ana2024-05-232024-06-2635
DTWEWR Detroit to Newark2024-01-092024-05-2213588.0%
IAHCLT Houston to Charlotte2023-12-212024-01-0819
PBIIAH West Palm Beach to Houston2023-11-282023-12-2023
IAHLAS Houston to Las Vegas2023-11-012023-11-2726
EWRSAV Newark to Savannah2023-10-292023-11-234
ORDMIA Chicago to Miami2023-10-282023-10-281
IADSEA Washington to Seattle2023-09-292023-10-2729
ORFIAD Norfolk to Washington2023-09-292023-10-2619
IAHMCO Houston to Orlando2023-07-012023-09-289065.6%
SNAIAH Santa Ana to Houston2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1885 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 386 records of UA1885 operating PHXIAH, 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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