Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 490 · Chicago (ORD) → Washington (DCA)
Sold by United. Still flying: 16 of the last 56 days.
Arrives on time77%within 15 minutes, of 30 flights
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late10%of flights that operated
When late, on average85 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Washington is 1 h ahead of Chicago).
- Leaves ORD
- 09:00
- Arrives DCA
- 11:59
- Flight time
- 1h 59m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 16 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 ORD
All flights leaving Chicago (ORD) at 9–10 am, wherever they’re going: 80% left within 15 minutes and 1.5% were cancelled (25,877 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →
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