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Flight Reliability

UA 5848 · United Airlines

FSD → Denver (FSD–DEN)

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
66%
Arrive within 15 minutes
22 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
1 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 362 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Saturdays have been rough.

UA 5848 arrived on time 74% of the time on Mondays and just 58% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the FSD–DEN route.

UA 5848 arrived on time 66% of the time, versus 77% across the FSD–DEN route.

Lagging the United Airlines network.

UA 5848 arrived on time 66% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

Slipping a little lately.

UA 5848 arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(50 flights)
  • Tue65%(51 flights)
  • Wed68%(50 flights)
  • Thu69%(49 flights)
  • Fri63%(48 flights)
  • Sat58%(52 flights)
  • Sun65%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM66%(349 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 50% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202550%28
July 202533%27
August 202537%30
September 202560%30
October 202580%30
November 202578%27
December 202560%30
January 202684%31
February 202686%28
March 202666%29
April 202687%30
May 202668%31
Departures on time
73%
Diverted
1.4%
Flights flown
351
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 362 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.