Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 685 · Houston (IAH) → Detroit (DTW)
Sold by United. Still flying: 25 of the last 56 days (Mon, Tue, Sat, Sun).
Arrives on time71%within 15 minutes, of 229 flights
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late10%of flights that operated
When late, on average63 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Detroit is 1 h ahead of Houston).
- Leaves IAH
- 18:30
- Arrives DTW
- 22:24
- Flight time
- 2h 54m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 25 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 IAH
All flights leaving Houston (IAH) at 6–7 pm, wherever they’re going: 74% left within 15 minutes and 1.1% were cancelled (21,103 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →
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