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UA 4288 on time

United Airlines 4288: Washington to Columbia at 12:35 p.m. (past 12 months)

On time
83%
180 flights · likely 77–88%
Cancelled
0.6%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−10 min
median vs schedule
When late
+64 min
average delay
Similar flights
83%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 6 UA 4288 flights from Washington arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (17%); 0.6% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 10 minutes early.

UA 4288: IAD → CAE

Scheduled to leave Washington at 12:35 p.m. local time, operated by CommutAir as C5 4288. Over the past year it arrived on time 83% of the time (180 flights), in line with other UA flights on the route at that hour (83%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%May 2025: 71% on time (21 flights)71MayJun 2025: too few flights (4 flights)JunJul 2025: 56% on time (27 flights)56JulAug 2025: 86% on time (28 flights)86AugSep 2025: 87% on time (30 flights)87SepOct 2025: 87% on time (31 flights)87OctNov 2025: 64% on time (25 flights)64NovDec 2025: 73% on time (15 flights)73DecMay 2026: too few flights (7 flights)MayJun 2026: 91% on time (22 flights)91JunJul 2026: 87% on time (23 flights)87JulAug 2026: 93% on time (27 flights)93Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday3177%
Tuesday3087%
Wednesday3083%
Thursday3097%
Friday3077%
Saturday11—
Sunday18—

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 55%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 29%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 16%

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Questions

How often is UA 4288 from IAD to CAE late?

United Airlines 4288 from Washington, DC to Columbia, SC arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 17% of 180 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.6% 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.