UA1705United Airlines · ORD → DCA
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1705 ChicagoORD · 06:00 WashingtonDCA · 08:56

UA1705 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Washington (DCA) for the Wed, Nov 11 departure.

Right nowEn route to Washington · off blocks 05:53 · 7 min early
En route

en route from ORD to DCA

En routeUA1705 · position estimated
ORDChicagoDCAWashington
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 05:53 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 8.6 min.

⚖ UA1705 typically leaves −7 and lands −20. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−7 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−20 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-12
−7 gate · −20 arrival
11-11
−7 gate · −20 arrival
11-10
−5 gate · −7 arrival
11-09
−7 gate · −20 arrival
11-08
−5 gate · −20 arrival
11-06
−7 gate · −16 arrival
11-05
−5 gate · +45 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −20 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at ORD and DCA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at Washington

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High10°Clikely 9°C to 12°C
Low6°Clikely 4°C to 8°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Washington flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1077departs 07:00
UA4714departs 08:00
UA344departs 09:00
UA5720departs 10:14
UA2668departs 11:05
UA752departs 12:29

If UA1705 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How UA1705 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1705 across the ORD and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 8/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1705 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-12ORD 06:00 05:53 (−7)DCA 08:56 08:36 (−20)
11-11ORD 06:00 05:53 (−7)DCA 08:56 08:36 (−20)
11-10ORD 06:00 05:55 (−5)DCA 08:56 08:49 (−7)
11-09ORD 05:59 05:52 (−7)DCA 08:55 08:35 (−20)
11-08ORD 06:00 05:55 (−5)DCA 08:56 08:36 (−20)
11-06ORD 05:59 05:52 (−7)DCA 08:55 08:39 (−16)
11-05ORD 05:59 05:54 (−5)DCA 08:55 09:40 (+45)
11-04ORD 06:00 06:05 (+5)DCA 08:56 08:59 (+3)
11-03ORD 06:00 05:50 (−10)DCA 08:56 08:35 (−21)
11-02ORD 05:59 07:11 (+72)DCA 08:55 10:09 (+74)
11-01ORD 07:00 06:53 (−7)DCA 08:56 08:33 (−23)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N444UA, N14545, N874UA, N485UA.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and DCA published them.

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