Flight Reliability
UA 5894 · United Airlines
Montrose → Chicago (MTJ–ORD)97% of its flights flew this route. The rest (MLI–DEN, ORD–CMH) are included in these numbers.
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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 72%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 29 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.7%
- Cancelled
- 6 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 119 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
UA 5894 arrived on time 82% of the time on Thursdays and just 46% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
Lagging the United Airlines network.
UA 5894 arrived on time 72% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon60%(10 flights)
- Tue—(9 flights)
- Wed78%(32 flights)
- Thu82%(11 flights)
- Fri46%(11 flights)
- Sat79%(33 flights)
- Sun73%(11 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
- 12–3 PM73%(114 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM—(2 flights)
69%
Mar
Jul 80% → Mar 69% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 80% | 10 |
| December 2025 | 79% | 14 |
| January 2026 | 77% | 13 |
| February 2026 | 60% | 20 |
| March 2026 | 69% | 29 |
- Departures on time
- 77%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 117
- Months covered
- 10
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 119 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.