UA996United Airlines · IAD → ACC
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA996 WashingtonIAD · 19:00 AccraACC · 09:05

UA996 by United Airlines flies from Washington (IAD) to Accra (ACC) for the Tue, Oct 13 departure.

Right nowExpected in Accra · today
09:14

arrival expected at ACC · 9 min late

⚖ UA996 typically leaves +57 and lands +40. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+57 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+40 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~17 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+67+133+200 min
10-12
+13 gate · +9 arrival
10-10
+107 gate · +67 arrival
10-09
+200 gate · +152 arrival
10-08
+64 gate · +42 arrival
10-07
+17 gate · −5 arrival
10-05
+33 gate · +8 arrival
10-03
+57 gate · +40 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 +40 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
IADWashingtonOn-time likelyIAD delay board →
ACCAccraModerate riskACC delay board →
IAD→ACCevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
55%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at IAD and ACC 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.

How UA996 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA996 across the IAD and ACC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~45 min late. Based on 10 confirmed departures · 2/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA996 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
10-12IAD 19:00 19:13 (+13)ACC 09:05 09:14 (+9)
10-10IAD 19:00 20:47 (+107)ACC 09:05 10:12 (+67)
10-09IAD 19:00 22:20 (+200)ACC 09:05 11:37 (+152)
10-08IAD 19:00 20:04 (+64)ACC 09:05 09:47 (+42)
10-07IAD 19:00 19:17 (+17)ACC 09:05 09:00 (−5)
10-05IAD 19:00 19:33 (+33)ACC 09:05 09:13 (+8)
10-03IAD 19:00 19:57 (+57)ACC 09:05 09:45 (+40)
10-02IAD 19:00 20:26 (+86)ACC 09:05 09:59 (+54)
10-01IAD 19:00 19:15 (+15)ACC 09:05 08:57 (−8)
09-30IAD 19:00 19:18 (+18)ACC 09:05 09:06 (+1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N20904, N26906, N27908, N29907.

Board clocks recorded as IAD and ACC published them.

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