Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2862
Washington (IAD) to San Francisco (SFO) · scheduled 3:00 PM – 5:49 PM
How UA2862 performs
458 operations, 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30.
UA2862 arrived on time 80.9% of the time, against 78.6% for all IAD → SFO flights — this specific departure is 2.3 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 1.4 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 458 operations between 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2862 | 80.9% | 0.22% | -9 min | 7.5% | 458 |
| United Airlines on IAD → SFO | 79.5% | 1.00% | -7 min | 7.1% | 7,303 |
| All IAD → SFO flights | 78.6% | 1.00% | -7 min | 7.4% | 8,273 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA2862 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCO→IAD Orlando to Washington | 2024-09-26 – 2026-03-04 | 52 | — |
| ORD→MCO Chicago to Orlando | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-04 | 21 | — |
| SFO→TPA San Francisco to Tampa | 2025-10-26 – 2025-12-01 | 36 | — |
| ORD→IAD Chicago to Washington | 2025-08-01 – 2025-08-18 | 18 | — |
| IND→ORD Indianapolis to Chicago | 2025-08-01 – 2025-08-18 | 15 | — |
| SFO→EUG San Francisco to Eugene | 2025-05-22 – 2025-06-25 | 35 | — |
| SFO→DEN San Francisco to Denver | 2024-12-19 – 2025-03-29 | 101 | 90.1% |
| RDU→ORD Raleigh–Durham to Chicago | 2024-12-03 – 2024-12-18 | 16 | — |
| LGA→ORD New York to Chicago | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-02 | 36 | — |
| DEN→MSN Denver to Madison | 2024-08-19 – 2024-09-25 | 38 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2862 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 458 records of UA2862 operating IAD → SFO, 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.