Flights Greensboro → Washington
GSO → IAD
Route overview
The flight route from Greensboro to Washington has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of 21.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 184 flights, serving a significant portion of the approximately 21,376,896 passengers who travel through the destination airport annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Greensboro (GSO) → Washington (IAD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 184 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.09%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Greensboro the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Greensboro (GSO) to Washington (IAD) heads north-east for about 385 km, a flight time of roughly 54m.
Departures from Greensboro on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of GSO-IAD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Greensboro the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 184 tracked GSO-IAD flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 1.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about GSO-IAD
On the Greensboro (GSO) -> Washington (IAD) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 184 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Greensboro-Washington is 1.09% across 184 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
