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UA 4280 on time

United Airlines 4280: Houston to Lubbock at 2:20 p.m. (past 12 months)

On time
81%
143 flights · likely 74–87%
Cancelled
2.1%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−15 min
median vs schedule
When late
+65 min
average delay
Similar flights
78%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 5 UA 4280 flights from Houston arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (19%); 2.1% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 15 minutes early.

UA 4280: IAH → LBB

Scheduled to leave Houston at 2:20 p.m. local time, operated by CommutAir as C5 4280. Over the past year it arrived on time 81% of the time (143 flights), in line with other UA flights on the route at that hour (78%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Jun 2025: too few flights (4 flights)JunJul 2025: 62% on time (21 flights)62JulAug 2025: 79% on time (19 flights)79AugSep 2025: 94% on time (16 flights)94SepOct 2025: 88% on time (16 flights)88OctNov 2025: 67% on time (21 flights)67NovDec 2025: 82% on time (17 flights)82DecApr 2026: too few flights (1 flights)AprMay 2026: 76% on time (17 flights)76MayJun 2026: too few flights (5 flights)JunJul 2026: 77% on time (26 flights)77JulAug 2026: 83% on time (24 flights)83Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday2972%
Tuesday4—
Wednesday19—
Thursday2893%
Friday2875%
Saturday11—
Sunday2475%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 60%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 33%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 6%

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Questions

How often is UA 4280 from IAH to LBB late?

United Airlines 4280 from Houston, TX to Lubbock, TX arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 19% of 143 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 2.1% 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.