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Carrier month · January 2025
United Airlines in January 2025
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In January 2025, United Airlines (UA) reported 62,007 scheduled domestic flights. 80.6% arrived on time, 1.9% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% on time and 3.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.0 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, it reported 58,855 flights with 71.9% on time: a change of +8.7 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 80.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
- Cancelled 1.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | UA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 80.6% | 71.9% | 78.2% | 78.6% |
| Departed on time | 81.8% | 72.5% | 80.6% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.9% | 8.0% | 1.0% | 3.0% |
| Average arrival delay | 1.3 min | 8.9 min | 6.3 min | 3.8 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 2,067 | 1,962 | 2,262 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled flights | 62,007 | 58,855 | 825,693 | 539,747 |
119 airports and 811 routes had UA flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 8,451 | 76.6% | 3.5 min | 0.9% |
| ORD Chicago | 6,637 | 81.1% | 0.6 min | 1.1% |
| EWR Newark | 5,864 | 78.5% | 2.3 min | 1.5% |
| IAH Houston | 5,860 | 78.5% | 1.2 min | 5.0% |
| SFO San Francisco | 4,298 | 87.8% | -5.3 min | 0.9% |
| IAD Washington | 2,595 | 76.5% | 8.7 min | 2.0% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 2,163 | 88.1% | -6.1 min | 0.9% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,293 | 80.3% | 5.0 min | 1.0% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,288 | 85.9% | -3.6 min | 1.0% |
| PHX Phoenix | 952 | 89.3% | -5.3 min | 0.6% |
| BOS Boston | 919 | 85.5% | -5.8 min | 1.2% |
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 853 | 80.9% | 3.5 min | 1.4% |
| SAN San Diego | 794 | 84.3% | -0.5 min | 1.0% |
| TPA Tampa | 784 | 83.0% | 1.6 min | 1.0% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 746 | 77.9% | 4.9 min | 5.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of United Airlines flights were on time in January 2025?
80.6% of 62,007 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024 the carrier reported 58,855 flights with 71.9% on time and 8.0% cancelled, against 80.6% and 1.9% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for United Airlines · methodology · corrections.