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Flight Reliability

UA 1783 · United Airlines

Los Angeles → Boston (LAXBOS)87% of its flights flew this route. The rest (BOS–EWR, BOS–ORD) are included in these numbers.

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
10 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 421 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

UA 1783 departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

UA 1783 arrived on time 90% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 78%.

Recent months have been rougher.

UA 1783 arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 94% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(63 flights)
  • Tue80%(56 flights)
  • Wed86%(56 flights)
  • Thu78%(59 flights)
  • Fri78%(63 flights)
  • Sat90%(57 flights)
  • Sun78%(60 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(11 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(356 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(5 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(42 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 80% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%30
July 202574%31
August 202591%42
September 202560%30
October 202558%36
November 202579%53
December 202591%32
January 2026100%30
February 202692%26
March 202684%31
April 202690%31
May 202679%42
Departures on time
83%
Diverted
0.2%
Flights flown
414
Months covered
12

Based on 421 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.