UA261United Airlines · MAD → IAD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA261 MadridMAD · 11:00 WashingtonIAD · 14:55

UA261 by United Airlines flies from Madrid (MAD) to Washington (IAD).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
11:15

scheduled from MAD

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−33 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~30 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+1 gate · −17 arrival
10-27
−2 gate · −17 arrival
10-26
−9 gate · −34 arrival
10-25
−3 gate · −42 arrival
10-24
−4 gate · −33 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 −33 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MADMadridOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
IADWashingtonOn-time likelyIAD delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MAD and IAD 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Madrid to Washington with United Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
8.1%0.8× usual

Forecast weather: 64% chance of fog at Washington

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 UA261 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA261 across the MAD and IAD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~25 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 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 UA261 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
10-28MAD 11:00 11:01 (+1)IAD 14:55 14:38 (−17)
10-27MAD 11:00 10:58 (−2)IAD 14:55 14:38 (−17)
10-26MAD 11:00 10:51 (−9)IAD 14:55 14:21 (−34)
10-25MAD 11:00 10:57 (−3)IAD 14:55 14:13 (−42)
10-24MAD 11:15 11:11 (−4)IAD 14:05 13:32 (−33)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N59053, N76064, N67052.

Board clocks recorded as MAD and IAD published them.

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