UA4486United Airlines · EWR → DCA
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA4486 New YorkEWR · 15:00 WashingtonDCA · 16:28

UA4486 by United Airlines flies from New York (EWR) to Washington (DCA) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Washington · off blocks 15:46 · 46 min late
17:00

estimated arrival at DCA · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeUA4486 · position estimated
EWRNew YorkDCAWashington
Estimated from the boardsarr 17:00

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 15:46 · typical taxi-out at EWR ≈ 9.1 min.

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 15 operations
Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-25
+46 gate · +32 arrival
10-24
+70 gate · +38 arrival
10-23
−8 gate · −30 arrival
10-22
−8 gate · −46 arrival
10-21
−1 gate · +17 arrival
10-20
−4 gate · +6 arrival
10-19
−5 gate · −3 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 +2 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
EWRNew YorkOn-time likelyEWR delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
EWR→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.2%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at EWR and DCA 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 New York to Washington flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA4184departs 06:25
UA4434departs 06:55
UA4500departs 08:00
UA3501departs 08:15
UA4444departs 08:17
UA4516departs 09:15

If UA4486 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from New York to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in EWR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA4486 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA4486 across the EWR and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 8/12 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA4486 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
10-25EWR 15:00 15:46 (+46)DCA 16:28 17:00 (+32)
10-24EWR 15:25 16:35 (+70)DCA 16:58 17:36 (+38)
10-23EWR 15:25 15:17 (−8)DCA 16:58 16:28 (−30)
10-22EWR 15:25 15:17 (−8)DCA 16:58 16:12 (−46)
10-21EWR 15:25 15:24 (−1)DCA 16:58 17:15 (+17)
10-20EWR 15:25 15:21 (−4)DCA 16:58 17:04 (+6)
10-19EWR 15:25 15:20 (−5)DCA 16:58 16:55 (−3)
10-18EWR 15:25 15:22 (−3)DCA 16:58 16:49 (−9)
10-17EWR 15:25 (+0)DCA 16:58 18:12 (+74)
10-16EWR 15:25 17:04 (+99)DCA 16:58 18:12 (+74)
10-15EWR 15:25 15:15 (−10)DCA 16:58 17:00 (+2)
10-14EWR 15:25 15:47 (+22)DCA 16:58 17:02 (+4)
10-13EWR 15:25 15:15 (−10)DCA 16:58 16:22 (−36)
10-12EWR 15:25 15:17 (−8)DCA 16:58 16:27 (−31)
10-11EWR 15:25 15:28 (+3)DCA 16:58 16:49 (−9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N565GJ, N540GJ, N556GJ, N583GJ.

Board clocks recorded as EWR and DCA published them.

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