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UA2217

Washington (IAD) to Houston (IAH) · scheduled 5:55 PM – 8:16 PM

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How UA2217 performs

381 operations, 2025-05-22 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
66.6%
253 of 380 completed
Cancellation rate
0.26%
1 cancelled
Median arrival delay
1 min
Average 16.5 min
Severe delays
10.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
67 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
72.4%
Left the gate on time

UA2217 arrived on time 66.6% of the time, against 81.0% for all IADIAH flights — this specific departure is 14.5 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 14.5 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 381 operations between 2025-05-22 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA221766.6%0.26%1 min10.8%381
United Airlines on IADIAH81.0%0.84%-7 min6.0%5,349
All IADIAH flights81.0%0.84%-7 min6.0%5,349

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-05-22 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA2217 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
PITIAH Pittsburgh to Houston2026-03-052026-03-2821
SEAIAD Seattle to Washington2025-08-192026-03-0417294.7%
IAHLAX Houston to Los Angeles2025-05-222025-06-2530
MCOIAH Orlando to Houston2025-05-012025-05-2118
ORDCVG Chicago to Cincinnati / Covington2025-03-302025-04-3032
LGAORD New York to Chicago2025-03-302025-04-3028
ORDPIT Chicago to Pittsburgh2025-02-132025-03-2942
LAXDEN Los Angeles to Denver2024-02-152025-02-1223688.1%
PHXDEN Phoenix to Denver2025-01-072025-02-116
IAHMIA Houston to Miami2023-07-012024-06-2627985.7%
MIAEWR Miami to Newark2024-03-072024-03-3024
ORDLAS Chicago to Las Vegas2024-02-012024-02-1414
CLEIAH Cleveland to Houston2023-09-052023-09-2824

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2217 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 381 records of UA2217 operating IADIAH, 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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