Flight profile · United Airlines
UA1888
Washington (DCA) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 3:30 PM – 4:46 PM
How UA1888 performs
336 operations, 2024-11-17 to 2026-06-30.
UA1888 arrived on time 71.5% of the time, against 79.2% for all DCA → ORD flights — this specific departure is 7.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 7.8 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 336 operations between 2024-11-17 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1888 | 71.5% | 2.38% | -2 min | 16.0% | 336 |
| United Airlines on DCA → ORD | 79.3% | 1.89% | -6 min | 8.4% | 9,975 |
| All DCA → ORD flights | 79.2% | 2.35% | -8 min | 8.8% | 19,524 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-11-17 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA1888 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORD→MSP Chicago to Minneapolis | 2026-03-29 – 2026-05-20 | 53 | — |
| DEN→EGE Denver to Eagle | 2026-01-06 – 2026-03-28 | 82 | — |
| TPA→DEN Tampa to Denver | 2026-01-06 – 2026-03-28 | 60 | — |
| PHX→ORD Phoenix to Chicago | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 16 | — |
| IAH→DEN Houston to Denver | 2025-09-02 – 2025-09-24 | 23 | — |
| ORD→JAX Chicago to Jacksonville | 2025-08-03 – 2025-08-10 | 2 | — |
| IAH→DCA Houston to Washington | 2025-03-30 – 2025-04-30 | 28 | — |
| ORD→CMH Chicago to Columbus | 2025-03-08 – 2025-03-22 | 3 | — |
| IAH→GSP Houston to Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 19 | — |
| ORD→OMA Chicago to Omaha | 2024-08-19 – 2024-12-02 | 105 | 87.6% |
| ATL→ORD Atlanta to Chicago | 2023-09-05 – 2024-10-26 | 339 | 90.4% |
| ORD→SAN Chicago to San Diego | 2024-06-27 – 2024-08-18 | 53 | — |
| SAN→SFO San Diego to San Francisco | 2024-06-27 – 2024-08-18 | 44 | — |
| ORD→BOI Chicago to Boise | 2023-09-29 – 2024-06-26 | 37 | — |
| ORD→BOS Chicago to Boston | 2024-03-31 – 2024-05-22 | 46 | — |
| ORD→LAX Chicago to Los Angeles | 2024-03-07 – 2024-03-30 | 24 | — |
| PHL→ORD Philadelphia to Chicago | 2024-03-07 – 2024-03-30 | 24 | — |
| SFO→SEA San Francisco to Seattle | 2024-02-15 – 2024-02-15 | 1 | — |
| ORD→PHL Chicago to Philadelphia | 2024-01-09 – 2024-02-14 | 32 | — |
| ORD→BDL Chicago to Hartford | 2023-12-01 – 2023-12-20 | 17 | — |
| ORD→ABQ Chicago to Albuquerque | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 61 | — |
| TVC→ORD Traverse City to Chicago | 2023-08-01 – 2023-09-04 | 35 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1888 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 336 records of UA1888 operating DCA → ORD, 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.