Flight Reliability
UA 5404 · United Airlines
SGF → Denver (SGF–DEN)
56
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 64%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 27 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.4%
- Cancelled
- 2 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 364 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
UA 5404 arrived on time 69% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 60%.
Well behind the SGF–DEN route.
UA 5404 arrived on time 64% of the time, versus 79% across the SGF–DEN route.
Well behind the United Airlines network.
UA 5404 arrived on time 64% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.
Recent months have been rougher.
UA 5404 arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon65%(52 flights)
- Tue64%(50 flights)
- Wed62%(52 flights)
- Thu62%(50 flights)
- Fri60%(50 flights)
- Sat69%(51 flights)
- Sun64%(52 flights)
71%
May
Jun 35% → May 71% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 35% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 32% | 28 |
| August 2025 | 39% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 57% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 61% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 97% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 71% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 83% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 86% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 70% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 62% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 71% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 71%
- Diverted
- 0.5%
- Flights flown
- 357
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
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.