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Flight Reliability

UA 5455 · United Airlines

PIA → Denver (PIADEN)100% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ORD–BHM) are included in these numbers.

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Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
1 min
Median arrival delay

Based on 343 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

UA 5455 departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 49% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

UA 5455 arrived on time 82% of the time on Sundays and just 59% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the United Airlines network.

UA 5455 arrived on time 71% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

UA 5455 arrived on time 69% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 51% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon67%(49 flights)
  • Tue70%(46 flights)
  • Wed72%(47 flights)
  • Thu71%(49 flights)
  • Fri59%(49 flights)
  • Sat72%(47 flights)
  • Sun82%(49 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM79%(240 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM49%(96 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 80% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%30
July 202577%31
August 202571%31
October 202587%31
November 202590%29
December 202547%30
January 202665%31
February 202641%27
March 202621%28
April 202697%29
May 202690%31
Departures on time
83%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
336
Months covered
12

Based on 343 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.