QR709Qatar Airways · DOH → IAD
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Route confirmed Qatar Airways

QR709 DohaDOH · 01:15 WashingtonIAD · 08:45

QR709 by Qatar Airways flies from Doha (DOH) to Washington (IAD) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Washington · off blocks 01:26 · 11 min late
08:02

estimated arrival at IAD · local time · ~9h 20m from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
IAD5,364 mi · ~9h 20m leftDOH
32,000 ftAltitudecruising
581 mphSpeed505 kt
319°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 3h 30m

⚖ QR709 typically leaves +9 and lands +4. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+4 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~5 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+11 gate · +0 arrival
10-28
+7 gate · +4 arrival
10-25
−1 gate · +3 arrival
10-24
+1 gate · −5 arrival
10-22
+11 gate · +0 arrival
10-20
+2 gate · +9 arrival
10-17
+9 gate · +50 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 +4 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DOHDohaOn-time likelyDOH delay board →
IADWashingtonOn-time likelyIAD delay board →
DOH→IADevery 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
4.2%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DOH 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

Doha to Washington with Qatar Airways · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.3%2.2× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.2%1.5× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 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.

Other Doha to Washington flights today

same route · Qatar Airways
QR707departs 08:10

If QR709 is cancelled, this is the other Qatar Airways nonstop flight from Doha to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DOH local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QR709 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QR709 across the DOH and IAD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 5/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QR709 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
10-29DOH 01:15 01:26 (+11)IAD 08:45 (+0)
10-28DOH 01:40 01:47 (+7)IAD 09:10 09:14 (+4)
10-25DOH 01:40 01:39 (−1)IAD 09:10 09:13 (+3)
10-24DOH 01:15 01:16 (+1)IAD 08:45 08:40 (−5)
10-22DOH 01:15 01:26 (+11)IAD 08:45 (+0)
10-20DOH 01:15 01:17 (+2)IAD 08:45 08:54 (+9)
10-17DOH 01:15 01:24 (+9)IAD 08:45 09:35 (+50)
10-15DOH 01:15 01:46 (+31)IAD 08:45 09:21 (+36)

Aircraft

Recent tails: A7-AMH, A7-AMG, A7-AML.

Board clocks recorded as DOH and IAD published them.

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