UA2148United Airlines · DCA → ORD
live · 45m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA2148 WashingtonDCA · 18:12 ChicagoORD · 19:35

UA2148 by United Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to Chicago (ORD) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowExpected in Chicago · today
19:35

arrival expected at ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push+35 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+44 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-16
+35 gate
09-15
+35 gate · +82 arrival
09-14
+14 gate · −11 arrival
09-13
+65 gate · +44 arrival

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

The route today

live boards
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
ORDChicagoHigh riskORD delay board →
DCA→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DCA and ORD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, 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 →

When it flies

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

Other Washington to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1793departs 06:30
UA441departs 07:46
UA1061departs 08:30
UA1076departs 09:30
UA694departs 09:30
UA2774departs 10:30

If UA2148 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DCA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA2148 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA2148 across the DCA and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~44 min late. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 1/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA2148 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
09-16DCA 18:12 18:47 (+35)ORD 19:35
09-15DCA 18:12 18:47 (+35)ORD 19:35 20:57 (+82)
09-14DCA 18:12 18:26 (+14)ORD 19:35 19:24 (−11)
09-13DCA 18:12 19:17 (+65)ORD 19:35 20:19 (+44)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N76519, N27270, N78285.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and ORD published them.

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