Flight Reliability
UA 5897 · United Airlines
SBP → Los Angeles (SBP–LAX)
95
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 88%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 5 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.3%
- Cancelled
- 8 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 356 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Mondays have been rough.
UA 5897 arrived on time 100% of the time on Wednesdays and just 81% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.
Better than the United Airlines network average.
UA 5897 arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 356 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.
Trending in the right direction.
UA 5897 arrived on time 96% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon81%(52 flights)
- Tue86%(50 flights)
- Wed100%(51 flights)
- Thu83%(52 flights)
- Fri89%(52 flights)
- Sat88%(49 flights)
- Sun90%(49 flights)
94%
May
Jun 93% → May 94% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 100% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 86% | 28 |
| October 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 63% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 82% | 27 |
| January 2026 | 72% | 29 |
| February 2026 | 86% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 97% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 97% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 94% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 93%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 355
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 356 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.