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Flight Reliability

UA 5109 · United Airlines

SLN → Denver (SLNDEN)92% of its flights flew this route. The rest (DEN–BFF, DEN–WYS) are included in these numbers.

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 395 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Mondays have been rough.

UA 5109 arrived on time 93% of the time on Fridays and just 69% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the United Airlines network.

UA 5109 arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 395 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Trending in the right direction.

UA 5109 arrived on time 91% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(58 flights)
  • Tue85%(52 flights)
  • Wed85%(52 flights)
  • Thu87%(55 flights)
  • Fri93%(57 flights)
  • Sat80%(59 flights)
  • Sun87%(60 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(392 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 91% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202591%34
July 202583%29
August 202573%40
September 202594%46
October 202574%31
November 202577%31
December 202556%32
January 202683%30
February 202696%28
March 202690%31
April 202690%30
May 202694%31
Departures on time
84%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
393
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

Based on 395 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.