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Flight Reliability

UA 5791 · United Airlines

LBB → Denver (LBBDEN)

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
14 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Mondays have been rough.

UA 5791 arrived on time 94% of the time on Fridays and just 65% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Better than the LBB–DEN route average.

UA 5791 arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 74% across the LBB–DEN route.

A bit ahead of the United Airlines network.

UA 5791 arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

Recent months have been rougher.

UA 5791 arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon65%(51 flights)
  • Tue83%(52 flights)
  • Wed87%(52 flights)
  • Thu89%(52 flights)
  • Fri94%(52 flights)
  • Sat78%(51 flights)
  • Sun88%(51 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 80% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%30
July 202581%31
August 202581%31
September 202590%30
October 202581%31
November 202587%30
December 202590%31
January 202686%28
February 202686%28
March 202680%30
April 202677%30
May 202684%31
Departures on time
86%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
361
Months covered
12

Based on 365 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.