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Flight Reliability

UA 4701 · United Airlines

Denver → RDD (DENRDD)92% of its flights flew this route. The rest (CAE–ORD, BZN–LAX) are included in these numbers.

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
3 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 358 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Friday is doing you no favors.

UA 4701 arrived on time 90% of the time on Saturdays and just 73% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the United Airlines network.

UA 4701 arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 358 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Trending in the right direction.

UA 4701 arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(51 flights)
  • Tue84%(50 flights)
  • Wed80%(51 flights)
  • Thu89%(52 flights)
  • Fri73%(51 flights)
  • Sat90%(51 flights)
  • Sun84%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(356 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 83% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%30
July 202584%31
August 202577%31
September 2025100%23
October 202587%31
November 202593%30
December 202567%30
January 202677%31
February 202675%28
March 202684%31
April 202680%30
May 202684%31
Departures on time
89%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
357
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

Based on 358 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.