Flight profile · United Airlines
UA1982
Des Moines (DSM) to Houston (IAH) · scheduled 8:00 AM – 8:27 AM
How UA1982 performs
453 operations, 2025-02-13 to 2026-06-30.
UA1982 arrived on time 89.9% of the time, against 86.5% for all DSM → IAH flights — this specific departure is 3.4 percentage points better than the route as a whole.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 453 operations between 2025-02-13 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1982 | 89.9% | 1.55% | -11 min | 3.1% | 453 |
| United Airlines on DSM → IAH | 89.0% | 2.00% | -9 min | 3.5% | 902 |
| All DSM → IAH flights | 86.5% | 2.19% | -8 min | 4.7% | 1,144 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-02-13 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA1982 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAH→FLL Houston to Fort Lauderdale | 2025-05-22 – 2026-06-24 | 119 | 84.0% |
| ORD→SRQ Chicago to Sarasota/Bradenton | 2026-01-06 – 2026-01-06 | 1 | — |
| RSW→LAX Fort Myers to Los Angeles | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| IAH→SJC Houston to San Jose | 2025-06-26 – 2025-08-18 | 53 | — |
| IAD→RDU Washington to Raleigh–Durham | 2025-04-30 – 2025-04-30 | 1 | — |
| IAH→SLC Houston to Salt Lake City | 2024-06-29 – 2025-03-29 | 164 | 88.9% |
| RSW→IAH Fort Myers to Houston | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 19 | — |
| MIA→SFO Miami to San Francisco | 2024-12-03 – 2024-12-18 | 16 | — |
| CVG→IAH Cincinnati / Covington to Houston | 2024-08-02 – 2024-12-02 | 68 | — |
| PHL→IAH Philadelphia to Houston | 2024-09-26 – 2024-10-26 | 31 | — |
| IAH→ORD Houston to Chicago | 2023-09-29 – 2024-06-26 | 163 | 81.6% |
| SFO→IAH San Francisco to Houston | 2023-09-29 – 2024-05-22 | 183 | 92.2% |
| ORD→DCA Chicago to Washington | 2023-09-29 – 2023-09-30 | 2 | — |
| ORD→LGA Chicago to New York | 2023-07-03 – 2023-09-28 | 70 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1982 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 453 records of UA1982 operating DSM → IAH, 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.