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Flight Reliability

UA 6157 · United Airlines

Washington → Kansas City (IADMCI)96% of its flights flew this route. The rest (IAH–JAX, IND–IAD) are included in these numbers.

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
7 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 357 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Thursdays have been rough.

UA 6157 arrived on time 90% of the time on Sundays and just 75% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the IAD–MCI route.

UA 6157 arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 78% across the IAD–MCI route.

A bit ahead of the United Airlines network.

UA 6157 arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

UA 6157 arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(51 flights)
  • Tue80%(44 flights)
  • Wed84%(50 flights)
  • Thu75%(52 flights)
  • Fri78%(51 flights)
  • Sat81%(52 flights)
  • Sun90%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM(2 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(338 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(11 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 61% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%28
July 202577%30
August 202589%27
September 202577%26
October 202594%31
November 202593%30
December 202560%30
January 202687%30
February 202689%28
March 202690%30
April 202687%30
May 202684%31
Departures on time
83%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
351
Months covered
12

Based on 357 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.