Flight Reliability
UA 4926 · United Airlines
Washington → Albany (IAD–ALB)
60
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 69%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 24 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.2%
- Cancelled
- 1 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
UA 4926 arrived on time 79% of the time on Mondays and just 54% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the IAD–ALB route.
UA 4926 arrived on time 69% of the time, versus 76% across the IAD–ALB route.
Lagging the United Airlines network.
UA 4926 arrived on time 69% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.
Trending in the right direction.
UA 4926 arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon79%(48 flights)
- Tue75%(51 flights)
- Wed72%(50 flights)
- Thu79%(52 flights)
- Fri62%(52 flights)
- Sat65%(52 flights)
- Sun54%(50 flights)
83%
May
Jun 57% → May 83% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 57% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 43% | 28 |
| August 2025 | 71% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 67% | 30 |
| November 2025 | 63% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 62% | 29 |
| January 2026 | 70% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 78% | 27 |
| March 2026 | 70% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 87% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 83% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 71%
- Diverted
- 0.5%
- Flights flown
- 355
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 365 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.