Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 789 · Denver (DEN) → Washington (DCA)
Sold by United. Still flying: 55 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time91%within 15 minutes, of 225 flights
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late2%of flights that operated
When late, on average54 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Washington is 2 h ahead of Denver).
- Leaves DEN
- 09:30
- Arrives DCA
- 14:59
- Flight time
- 3h 29m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 55 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 DEN
All flights leaving Denver (DEN) at 9–10 am, wherever they’re going: 87% left within 15 minutes and 0.6% were cancelled (23,592 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.