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UA 4818 on time

United Airlines 4818: Washington to Columbia at 8:15 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
80%
217 flights · likely 74–85%
Cancelled
0.5%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−10 min
median vs schedule
When late
+69 min
average delay
Similar flights
81%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 5 UA 4818 flights from Washington arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (20%); 0.5% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 10 minutes early.

UA 4818: IAD → CAE

Scheduled to leave Washington at 8:15 a.m. local time, operated by CommutAir as C5 4818. Over the past year it arrived on time 80% of the time (217 flights), in line with other UA flights on the route at that hour (81%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Jul 2025: 62% on time (21 flights)62JulAug 2025: 63% on time (27 flights)63AugSep 2025: 74% on time (23 flights)74SepOct 2025: 87% on time (31 flights)87OctNov 2025: 80% on time (30 flights)80NovDec 2025: too few flights (14 flights)DecJan 2026: too few flights (5 flights)JanApr 2026: too few flights (1 flights)AprMay 2026: 93% on time (28 flights)93MayJun 2026: 90% on time (29 flights)90JunJul 2026: 85% on time (27 flights)85JulAug 2026: 66% on time (29 flights)66Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday3580%
Tuesday2993%
Wednesday2882%
Thursday3073%
Friday3482%
Saturday3471%
Sunday2778%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 53%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 27%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 16%Severe weather 4%

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Questions

How often is UA 4818 from IAD to CAE late?

United Airlines 4818 from Washington, DC to Columbia, SC arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 20% of 217 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.5% 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.