Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records

UA 1742 · Sacramento (SMF) → Dulles (IAD)

Sold by United. Still flying: 56 of the last 56 days (Daily).

Arrives on time96%within 15 minutes, of 125 flights
Cancelled3.2%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late1%of flights that operated
When late, on average42 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Dulles is 3 h ahead of Sacramento).

Leaves SMF
08:09
Arrives IAD
16:15
Flight time
5h 06m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
56 of 56

Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.

How late it arrives

Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.

15+ min late4%
30+ min late3%
1h+ late1%
2h+ late0%
10% 015301h1h302h3h

Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.

Its hour at SMF

All flights leaving Sacramento (SMF) at 8–9 am, wherever they’re going: 92% left within 15 minutes and 0.9% were cancelled (4,211 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →

Upcoming forecasts

Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.