Flight Reliability
UA 5685 · United Airlines
XWA → Denver (XWA–DEN)92% of its flights flew this route. The rest (DEN–GSP, LAX–SLC) are included in these numbers.
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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 81%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 10 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.6%
- Cancelled
- 6 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 355 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
UA 5685 arrived on time 84% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 77%.
A bit ahead of the XWA–DEN route.
UA 5685 arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 76% across the XWA–DEN route.
Trending in the right direction.
UA 5685 arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon82%(51 flights)
- Tue83%(52 flights)
- Wed78%(50 flights)
- Thu84%(49 flights)
- Fri77%(51 flights)
- Sat82%(49 flights)
- Sun78%(51 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM80%(352 flights)
- 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
96%
May
Jun 80% → May 96% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 74% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 75% | 28 |
| December 2025 | 50% | 28 |
| January 2026 | 83% | 29 |
| February 2026 | 82% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 69% | 29 |
| April 2026 | 100% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 96% | 28 |
- Departures on time
- 85%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 353
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 355 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.