UA6251United Airlines · DTW → IAH
live · 26m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA6251 DetroitDTW · 10:55 HoustonIAH · 13:00

UA6251 by United Airlines flies from Detroit (DTW) to Houston (IAH) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowLanded in Houston · today
12:47

arrived at IAH · 13 min early

Typical gate push+39 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+29 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~10 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
08-18
+11 gate · −13 arrival
08-17
+83 gate · +56 arrival
08-16
+39 gate · +29 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
DTWDetroitModerate riskDTW delay board →
IAHHoustonOn-time likelyIAH delay board →
DTW→IAHevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+2 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DTW 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.

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 Detroit to Houston flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1229departs 06:15
UA537departs 06:15
UA5609departs 06:15
UA5200departs 12:50
UA4032departs 18:40
UA4034departs 18:48

If UA6251 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Houston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DTW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA6251 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA6251 across the DTW and IAH boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: left noticeably late (~39 min) but landed noticeably late (~29 min). Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA6251 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
08-18DTW 10:55 11:06 (+11)IAH 13:00 12:47 (−13)
08-17DTW 10:55 12:18 (+83)IAH 13:00 13:56 (+56)
08-16DTW 10:55 11:34 (+39)IAH 13:00 13:29 (+29)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N85355, N85358.

Board clocks recorded as DTW and IAH published them.

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