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UA2485

Newark (EWR) to Raleigh–Durham (RDU) · scheduled 2:30 PM – 4:12 PM

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How UA2485 performs

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

On-time arrivals
70.8%
201 of 284 completed
Cancellation rate
1.04%
3 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-3 min
Average 17.4 min
Severe delays
12.3%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
81 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
75.8%
Left the gate on time

UA2485 arrived on time 70.8% of the time, against 77.7% for all EWRRDU flights — this specific departure is 6.9 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.7 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 288 operations between 2025-05-22 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA248570.8%1.04%-3 min12.3%288
United Airlines on EWRRDU76.5%2.07%-8 min9.7%4,387
All EWRRDU flights77.7%2.78%-9 min9.2%6,863

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

Other routes UA2485 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
PITLAX Pittsburgh to Los Angeles2026-03-292026-04-2932
DFWEWR Dallas–Fort Worth to Newark2026-03-052026-03-2824
IAHCHS Houston to Charleston2026-01-062026-02-045
ORDDCA Chicago to Washington2025-12-182026-01-058
FLLIAH Fort Lauderdale to Houston2026-01-032026-01-031
FLLSFO Fort Lauderdale to San Francisco2025-12-252026-01-029
RDUORD Raleigh–Durham to Chicago2023-09-292025-12-1722457.8%
ORDFSD Chicago to Sioux Falls2025-10-262025-12-1752
BOSEWR Boston to Newark2025-09-252025-10-2426
AUSEWR Austin to Newark2025-09-032025-09-2419
ORDMCI Chicago to Kansas City2025-03-302025-06-2587
IADRDU Washington to Raleigh–Durham2025-05-022025-05-2120
ORDDEN Chicago to Denver2023-07-012025-03-2933073.8%
SRQORD Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago2024-12-192025-03-0577
ORDLAS Chicago to Las Vegas2024-12-192025-01-0618
LGAORD New York to Chicago2024-03-312024-10-2684
ORDPDX Chicago to Portland2024-09-262024-10-2631
MCODEN Orlando to Denver2024-08-192024-09-2538
ORDBNA Chicago to Nashville2024-02-152024-03-0621
SEAORD Seattle to Chicago2024-02-152024-03-0621
ORDSLC Chicago to Salt Lake City2024-01-092024-02-1437
PHLORD Philadelphia to Chicago2023-09-052023-09-2824

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2485 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Why UA2485 runs late

Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.

Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for UA2485 on EWR → RDU. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 288 records of UA2485 operating EWRRDU, 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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