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Carrier month · February 2025
United Airlines in February 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 February 2025, United Airlines (UA) reported 57,628 scheduled domestic flights. 80.9% arrived on time, 0.3% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 77.9% on time and 1.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.0 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, it reported 56,834 flights with 83.3% on time: a change of −2.4 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 27%.
- On time 80.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | UA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 80.9% | 83.3% | 78.2% | 77.9% |
| Departed on time | 83.2% | 84.3% | 80.6% | 79.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 1.5% |
| Average arrival delay | 2.7 min | 0.6 min | 6.3 min | 5.7 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 1,921 | 1,895 | 2,262 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled flights | 57,628 | 56,834 | 825,693 | 504,884 |
116 airports and 769 routes had UA flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 7,689 | 78.5% | 4.8 min | 0.1% |
| ORD Chicago | 6,342 | 78.9% | 4.4 min | 0.2% |
| EWR Newark | 5,455 | 74.3% | 6.9 min | 0.6% |
| IAH Houston | 5,349 | 81.8% | 1.0 min | 0.2% |
| SFO San Francisco | 3,956 | 85.8% | -3.6 min | 0.2% |
| IAD Washington | 2,474 | 80.0% | 2.0 min | 0.3% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 1,925 | 86.5% | -4.5 min | 0.5% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,235 | 84.9% | -1.6 min | 0.4% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,211 | 83.9% | 2.4 min | 0.1% |
| PHX Phoenix | 920 | 89.1% | -5.4 min | 0.2% |
| BOS Boston | 864 | 74.3% | 7.1 min | 1.5% |
| TPA Tampa | 759 | 86.2% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 758 | 83.6% | 0.5 min | 0.5% |
| SAN San Diego | 728 | 87.6% | -4.0 min | 0.1% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 706 | 84.0% | -0.3 min | 0.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of United Airlines flights were on time in February 2025?
80.9% of 57,628 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 77.9% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024 the carrier reported 56,834 flights with 83.3% on time and 0.6% cancelled, against 80.9% and 0.3% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 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.