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Flight Reliability

UA 5338 · United Airlines

FAT → San Francisco (FATSFO)

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 364 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Mondays have been rough.

UA 5338 arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays and just 75% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Better than the FAT–SFO route average.

UA 5338 arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 71% across the FAT–SFO route.

A bit ahead of the United Airlines network.

UA 5338 arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

Recent months have been rougher.

UA 5338 arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(51 flights)
  • Tue92%(51 flights)
  • Wed86%(51 flights)
  • Thu80%(51 flights)
  • Fri85%(52 flights)
  • Sat84%(51 flights)
  • Sun83%(52 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 100% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 2025100%30
July 202587%31
August 202584%31
September 202577%30
October 202590%31
November 202583%30
December 202597%29
January 202672%29
February 202685%27
March 202684%31
April 202662%29
May 202681%31
Departures on time
87%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
359
Months covered
12

Based on 364 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.