Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2081
Washington (IAD) to Atlanta (ATL) · scheduled 5:50 PM – 7:47 PM
How UA2081 performs
857 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
UA2081 arrived on time 66.9% of the time, against 80.6% for all IAD → ATL flights — this specific departure is 13.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 13.1 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 857 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2081 | 66.9% | 0.70% | 2 min | 14.3% | 857 |
| United Airlines on IAD → ATL | 79.9% | 0.77% | -6 min | 8.1% | 3,375 |
| All IAD → ATL flights | 80.6% | 1.43% | -9 min | 8.3% | 10,957 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does UA2081 run worse on particular days?
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 13.4 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes UA2081 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAX→IAD Los Angeles to Washington | 2025-05-01 – 2026-06-29 | 66 | — |
| PIT→IAD Pittsburgh to Washington | 2026-04-01 – 2026-04-29 | 25 | — |
| EWR→BZN Newark to Bozeman | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| SFO→IAD San Francisco to Washington | 2025-08-20 – 2025-09-01 | 12 | — |
| MSN→ORD Madison to Chicago | 2025-08-17 – 2025-08-17 | 1 | — |
| BOS→IAD Boston to Washington | 2025-03-31 – 2025-04-30 | 31 | — |
| MIA→IAH Miami to Houston | 2025-03-30 – 2025-03-30 | 1 | — |
| ORD→RNO Chicago to Reno | 2025-03-29 – 2025-03-29 | 1 | — |
| ORD→MCO Chicago to Orlando | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 17 | — |
| MSP→IAD Minneapolis to Washington | 2024-12-05 – 2024-12-12 | 2 | — |
| MCO→ORD Orlando to Chicago | 2024-09-26 – 2024-09-26 | 1 | — |
| SAN→IAD San Diego to Washington | 2024-06-27 – 2024-08-18 | 53 | — |
| IAH→EWR Houston to Newark | 2024-01-09 – 2024-02-14 | 32 | — |
| ORF→IAD Norfolk to Washington | 2024-01-28 – 2024-02-11 | 3 | — |
| IAD→SFO Washington to San Francisco | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-08 | 19 | — |
| TPA→IAD Tampa to Washington | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-08 | 19 | — |
| SFO→LAS San Francisco to Las Vegas | 2024-01-08 – 2024-01-08 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2081 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 857 records of UA2081 operating IAD → ATL, 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.