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UA 5492 · United Airlines

FSD → Denver (FSD–DEN)

93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
89%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
16 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 361 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Skip Thursday if you can.

UA 5492 arrived on time 94% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 82%.

Better than the FSD–DEN route average.

UA 5492 arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 77% across the FSD–DEN route.

Better than the United Airlines network average.

UA 5492 arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

Ticking up lately.

UA 5492 arrived on time 93% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon92%(52 flights)
  • Tue89%(52 flights)
  • Wed90%(51 flights)
  • Thu82%(49 flights)
  • Fri88%(51 flights)
  • Sat94%(51 flights)
  • Sun88%(51 flights)
On-time trend by month
97%
May

Jun 80% → May 97% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%30
July 202577%31
August 202587%30
September 202593%30
October 202593%30
November 202593%29
December 202577%30
January 202694%31
February 202696%27
March 202693%29
April 202690%29
May 202697%31
Departures on time
89%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
357
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 361 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.