UA260United Airlines · IAD → MAD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA260 WashingtonIAD · 18:10 MadridMAD · 07:45

UA260 by United Airlines flies from Washington (IAD) to Madrid (MAD) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Madrid · off blocks 18:35 · 25 min late
07:52

estimated arrival at MAD · local time · ~2h 38m from now

En routeUA260 · position estimated
IADWashingtonMADMadrid
Estimated from the boardsarr 07:52

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 18:35 · typical taxi-out at IAD ≈ 7.6 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+32 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+12 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~20 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+147+293+440 min
11-05
+25 gate · +7 arrival
11-04
+27 gate · +8 arrival
11-03
+39 gate · +12 arrival
11-02
+32 gate · +12 arrival
11-01
+440 gate · +432 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 +12 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
IADWashingtonModerate riskIAD delay board →
MADMadridOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+3 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at IAD and MAD 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 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 22°C
Low13°Clikely 10°C to 16°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.

Tomorrow at Madrid

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 15°C to 20°C
Low6°Clikely 3°C to 10°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.

How UA260 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA260 across the IAD and MAD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA260 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
11-05IAD 18:10 18:35 (+25)MAD 07:45 07:52 (+7)
11-04IAD 18:10 18:37 (+27)MAD 07:45 07:53 (+8)
11-03IAD 18:10 18:49 (+39)MAD 07:45 07:57 (+12)
11-02IAD 18:10 18:42 (+32)MAD 07:45 07:57 (+12)
11-01IAD 18:10 01:30 (+440)MAD 07:45 14:57 (+432)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N69059, N69063, N76064.

Board clocks recorded as IAD and MAD published them.

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