Flight Reliability
UA 5696 · United Airlines
HOB → Houston (HOB–IAH)100% of its flights flew this route. The rest (AUS–SFO) are included in these numbers.
75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 23 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.4%
- Cancelled
- 7 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 355 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
UA 5696 arrived on time 92% of the time on Fridays and just 77% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit ahead of the United Airlines network.
UA 5696 arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.
Recent months have been rougher.
UA 5696 arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon79%(48 flights)
- Tue84%(50 flights)
- Wed80%(51 flights)
- Thu86%(50 flights)
- Fri92%(49 flights)
- Sat79%(48 flights)
- Sun77%(51 flights)
70%
May
Jun 69% → May 70% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 69% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 100% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 94% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 85% | 27 |
| February 2026 | 93% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 77% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 77% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 70% | 20 |
- Departures on time
- 81%
- Diverted
- 0.8%
- Flights flown
- 347
- 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.