UA1705United Airlines · ORD → DCA
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1705 ChicagoORD · 05:59 WashingtonDCA · 08:55

UA1705 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Washington (DCA) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowDescending into Washington · off blocks 05:53 · 6 min early
08:52

estimated arrival at DCA · local time · ~41 min from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
ORD140 mi · ~41 min leftDCA
28,700 ftAltitudedescending
532 mphSpeed462 kt
96°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 1h 0m

⚖ UA1705 typically leaves −6 and lands −15. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~9 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+30+60+90 min
10-29
−6 gate · −3 arrival
10-28
−10 gate · −15 arrival
10-27
−14 gate · −3 arrival
10-26
−2 gate · −17 arrival
10-25
−1 gate · −17 arrival
10-23
−3 gate · −8 arrival
10-22
−6 gate · −14 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 −15 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
DCAWashingtonModerate riskDCA delay board →
ORD→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.6%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at ORD and DCA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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

Chicago to Washington with United Airlines · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.6%0.7× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
9.7%0.7× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 12 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 Chicago to Washington flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA482departs 05:59
UA1077departs 07:00
UA4714departs 08:00
UA202departs 09:00
UA344departs 09:00
UA1904departs 10:00

If UA1705 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How UA1705 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1705 across the ORD and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 9/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1705 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
10-29ORD 05:59 05:53 (−6)DCA 08:55 08:52 (−3)
10-28ORD 06:00 05:50 (−10)DCA 08:56 08:41 (−15)
10-27ORD 06:00 05:46 (−14)DCA 08:56 08:53 (−3)
10-26ORD 05:59 05:57 (−2)DCA 08:55 08:38 (−17)
10-25ORD 06:00 05:59 (−1)DCA 08:56 08:39 (−17)
10-23ORD 08:00 07:57 (−3)DCA 11:01 10:53 (−8)
10-22ORD 08:00 07:54 (−6)DCA 11:01 10:47 (−14)
10-21ORD 08:00 07:45 (−15)DCA 11:01 10:28 (−33)
10-19ORD 08:00 07:57 (−3)DCA 11:01 10:46 (−15)
10-18ORD 08:00DCA 11:01 10:38 (−23)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N847UA, N820UA, N854UA, N840UA.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and DCA published them.

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