Skip to content
WanderNerd
Check a flight

Flight Reliability

UA 5724 · United Airlines

San Francisco → RDD (SFO–RDD)88% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ORD–GRB, ORD–BUF) are included in these numbers.

47
Bring Snacks
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
66 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
2 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 312 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

UA 5724 departing between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 74% of the time, versus 48% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

UA 5724 arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays and just 63% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the SFO–RDD route.

UA 5724 arrived on time 71% of the time, versus 77% across the SFO–RDD route.

Lagging the United Airlines network.

UA 5724 arrived on time 71% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(45 flights)
  • Tue83%(47 flights)
  • Wed64%(45 flights)
  • Thu65%(46 flights)
  • Fri74%(46 flights)
  • Sat74%(38 flights)
  • Sun63%(41 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM53%(17 flights)
  • 3–6 PM48%(21 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM74%(270 flights)
On-time trend by month
52%
May

Jun 77% → May 52% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%30
July 202571%31
August 202579%28
September 202589%18
October 202582%11
November 202562%29
December 202552%27
January 202680%30
February 202682%27
March 202686%28
April 202656%18
May 202652%31
Departures on time
74%
Diverted
0.6%
Flights flown
308
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

Keep nerding

Based on 312 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.