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UA2148

Washington (DCA) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 6:00 PM – 7:17 PM

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How UA2148 performs

760 operations, 2024-01-12 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
56.8%
424 of 747 completed
Cancellation rate
1.32%
10 cancelled
Median arrival delay
8 min
Average 30.6 min
Severe delays
15.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
78 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
69.9%
Left the gate on time

UA2148 arrived on time 56.8% of the time, against 79.2% for all DCAORD flights — this specific departure is 22.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 22.6 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 760 operations between 2024-01-12 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA214856.8%1.32%8 min15.8%760
United Airlines on DCAORD79.3%1.89%-6 min8.4%9,975
All DCAORD flights79.2%2.35%-8 min8.8%19,524

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-12 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA2148 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
ORDCVG Chicago to Cincinnati / Covington2026-05-212026-06-3037
ORDSFO Chicago to San Francisco2026-04-022026-04-2716
ORDLAS Chicago to Las Vegas2025-10-022025-10-2515
ORDSAT Chicago to San Antonio2023-09-052025-08-1835963.3%
SFOORD San Francisco to Chicago2023-11-012024-06-2661
DENSAN Denver to San Diego2024-01-112024-02-1210
ORDBZN Chicago to Bozeman2024-01-122024-02-1010
EWRSAT Newark to San Antonio2023-07-012023-09-0466
SATIAH San Antonio to Houston2023-08-012023-08-2612
BOSEWR Boston to Newark2023-07-012023-07-3122

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2148 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 760 records of UA2148 operating DCAORD, 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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