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Flight Reliability

UA 5059 · United Airlines

Denver → EAR (DEN–EAR)89% of its flights flew this route. The rest (PIR–DEN, DEN–BFF) are included in these numbers.

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
10 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 389 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

3–6 PM has a slight edge.

Departures between 3–6 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, against 80% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

UA 5059 arrived on time 88% of the time on Mondays. On Fridays: 77%.

Recent months have been rougher.

UA 5059 arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(58 flights)
  • Tue80%(51 flights)
  • Wed79%(52 flights)
  • Thu82%(54 flights)
  • Fri77%(56 flights)
  • Sat79%(56 flights)
  • Sun78%(59 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(18 flights)
  • 3–6 PM86%(22 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(346 flights)
On-time trend by month
63%
May

Jun 73% → May 63% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%30
July 202565%31
August 202555%31
September 202585%34
October 202590%30
November 202597%29
December 202581%31
January 202690%29
February 202689%28
March 202679%33
April 202692%50
May 202663%30
Departures on time
81%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
386
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 389 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.