UA4020United Airlines · CLT → IAH
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA4020 CharlotteCLT · 17:04 HoustonIAH · 18:55

UA4020 by United Airlines flies from Charlotte (CLT) to Houston (IAH) for the Mon, Sep 7 departure.

Right nowEn route to Houston · off blocks 18:21 · 77 min late
19:31

estimated arrival at IAH · local time · ~52 min from now

En routeUA4020 · position estimated
CLTCharlotteIAHHouston
Estimated from the boardsarr 19:31

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 18:21.

Typical gate push+21 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-07
+77 gate · +36 arrival
09-06
+18 gate · −10 arrival
09-05
+21 gate · +2 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
CLTCharlotteOn-time likelyCLT delay board →
IAHHoustonOn-time likelyIAH delay board →
CLT→IAHevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at CLT and IAH 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 Charlotte to Houston flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA6236departs 11:45
UA3813departs 23:30

If UA4020 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Charlotte to Houston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CLT local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA4020 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA4020 across the CLT and IAH boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left noticeably late (~21 min) but landed right on schedule. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA4020 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-07CLT 17:04 18:21 (+77)IAH 18:55 19:31 (+36)
09-06CLT 17:04 17:22 (+18)IAH 18:55 18:45 (−10)
09-05CLT 17:04 17:25 (+21)IAH 18:55 18:57 (+2)

Board clocks recorded as CLT and IAH published them.

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