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UA2224

Houston (IAH) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 7:50 PM – 11:59 PM

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How UA2224 performs

551 operations, 2024-10-27 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
69.2%
375 of 542 completed
Cancellation rate
1.45%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-2 min
Average 12.5 min
Severe delays
12.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
62 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
66.3%
Left the gate on time

UA2224 arrived on time 69.2% of the time, against 76.7% for all IAHDCA flights — this specific departure is 7.5 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 7.7 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 551 operations between 2024-10-27 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA222469.2%1.45%-2 min12.0%551
United Airlines on IAHDCA76.9%1.33%-6 min8.7%6,694
All IAHDCA flights76.7%1.71%-6 min8.8%7,556

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-10-27 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA2224 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
MSYIAH New Orleans to Houston2025-03-062026-06-2447
BZNIAH Bozeman to Houston2026-03-072026-04-0510
DENICT Denver to Wichita2026-03-132026-03-131
LASORD Las Vegas to Chicago2026-03-052026-03-051
PITIAH Pittsburgh to Houston2026-01-062026-03-0450
IAHSNA Houston to Santa Ana2025-12-022025-12-1716
DENSJC Denver to San Jose2025-10-262025-12-0136
SJCIAH San Jose to Houston2025-10-262025-12-0136
OMAIAH Omaha to Houston2025-08-192025-09-2437
SFOIAH San Francisco to Houston2024-08-192024-12-1812270.5%
SANSFO San Diego to San Francisco2024-10-272024-12-0237
IADSFO Washington to San Francisco2024-08-192024-09-2538
IADMSN Washington to Madison2024-08-182024-08-181
SFOBZN San Francisco to Bozeman2024-02-152024-08-1713279.1%
LGAORD New York to Chicago2024-03-312024-05-2252
AUSORD Austin to Chicago2024-05-022024-05-021
ORDORF Chicago to Norfolk2024-01-092024-02-1437
ORDIAH Chicago to Houston2023-08-012024-01-0854
RDUIAH Raleigh–Durham to Houston2023-12-012023-12-2020
PSPDEN Palm Springs to Denver2023-11-282023-11-303
EWRIAH Newark to Houston2023-10-292023-11-2730
DCAORD Washington to Chicago2023-07-032023-10-289876.8%
ORDCMH Chicago to Columbus2023-09-292023-10-2729
ORDTPA Chicago to Tampa2023-09-052023-09-2824

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2224 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 551 records of UA2224 operating IAHDCA, 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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