Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 1789 · Raleigh/Durham (RDU) → Dulles (IAD)
Sold by United. Still flying: 54 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time96%within 15 minutes, of 167 flights
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late2%of flights that operated
When late, on average60 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.
- Leaves RDU
- 06:00
- Arrives IAD
- 07:11
- Flight time
- 1h 11m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 54 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.
Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.
Its hour at RDU
All flights leaving Raleigh/Durham (RDU) at 6–7 am, wherever they’re going: 93% left within 15 minutes and 2.3% were cancelled (7,602 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.