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UA 1279 on time

United Airlines 1279: Denver to Washington at 6:00 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
93%
199 flights · likely 89–96%
Cancelled
0.0%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−17 min
median vs schedule
When late
+66 min
average delay
Similar flights
93%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 15 UA 1279 flights from Denver arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (7%); 0.0% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 17 minutes early.

UA 1279: DEN → IAD

Scheduled to leave Denver at 6:00 a.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 93% of the time (199 flights), in line with other UA flights on the route at that hour (93%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Dec 2025: too few flights (14 flights)DecJan 2026: too few flights (5 flights)JanFeb 2026: too few flights (13 flights)FebMar 2026: 87% on time (23 flights)87MarApr 2026: 100% on time (30 flights)100AprMay 2026: 97% on time (31 flights)97MayJun 2026: 90% on time (30 flights)90JunJul 2026: 87% on time (31 flights)87JulAug 2026: 95% on time (22 flights)95Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday3291%
Tuesday2190%
Wednesday2195%
Thursday3294%
Friday32100%
Saturday2997%
Sunday3288%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 47%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 32%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 21%

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Questions

How often is UA 1279 from DEN to IAD late?

United Airlines 1279 from Denver, CO to Washington, DC arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 7% of 199 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.0% were cancelled.

Flight numbers change. Figures cover flights with this airline, number and route only. "Likely range" is the 95% interval for the true on-time rate given the number of flights. This is history, not live status: check United Airlines for today's flight. Method.