United Airlines in February 2026

82.7%arrived on time

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 2026, United Airlines (UA) reported 59,806 scheduled domestic flights. 82.7% arrived on time, 1.6% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% on time and 2.3% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 4.4 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, it reported 57,628 flights with 80.9% on time: a change of +1.8 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 29%.

On time 82.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by United Airlines in February 2026.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	UA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Feb 2026
Arrived on time	82.7%	80.9%	78.2%	78.3%
Departed on time	84.2%	83.2%	80.6%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.6%	0.3%	1.0%	2.3%
Average arrival delay	-0.1 min	2.7 min	6.3 min	4.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	1,994	1,921	2,262	17,168
Scheduled flights	59,806	57,628	825,693	515,037

121 airports and 820 routes had UA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN Denver	7,820	83.7%	1.7 min	0.5%
ORD Chicago	6,804	79.7%	1.1 min	0.8%
IAH Houston	5,734	87.0%	-3.7 min	0.6%
EWR Newark	5,167	76.1%	0.0 min	6.5%
SFO San Francisco	4,213	83.6%	-0.3 min	0.8%
IAD Washington	2,689	82.7%	-0.1 min	0.9%
LAX Los Angeles	2,010	84.6%	-2.7 min	1.2%
MCO Orlando	1,282	81.8%	2.3 min	1.7%
LAS Las Vegas	1,195	86.4%	-5.6 min	0.9%
BOS Boston	859	78.3%	-4.7 min	8.3%
PHX Phoenix	843	87.8%	-2.5 min	0.8%
FLL Fort Lauderdale	837	79.8%	5.1 min	1.9%
AUS Austin	816	87.5%	-1.9 min	0.9%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	734	85.0%	0.9 min	1.2%
SAN San Diego	733	86.2%	-3.2 min	0.8%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of UA flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.0%	38.2%	173,819
Late-arriving aircraft	34.6%	37.2%	207,221
National Aviation System	32.4%	18.5%	194,101
Extreme weather	4.1%	6.0%	24,416
Security	0.0%	0.2%	139

599,696 delay minutes on 9,279 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of United Airlines flights were on time in February 2026?

82.7% of 59,806 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025 the carrier reported 57,628 flights with 80.9% on time and 0.3% cancelled, against 82.7% and 1.6% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for United Airlines · methodology · corrections.