Flight Reliability
UA 5912 · United Airlines
LNK → Chicago (LNK–ORD)
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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 69%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 22 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.6%
- Cancelled
- 2 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 340 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
UA 5912 arrived on time 80% of the time on Thursdays and just 61% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the LNK–ORD route.
UA 5912 arrived on time 69% of the time, versus 76% across the LNK–ORD route.
Lagging the United Airlines network.
UA 5912 arrived on time 69% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.
Slipping a little lately.
UA 5912 arrived on time 65% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon72%(46 flights)
- Tue67%(48 flights)
- Wed63%(48 flights)
- Thu80%(44 flights)
- Fri68%(47 flights)
- Sat72%(47 flights)
- Sun61%(49 flights)
63%
May
Jun 67% → May 63% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 67% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 65% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 71% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 73% | 26 |
| December 2025 | 53% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 72% | 29 |
| February 2026 | 82% | 11 |
| March 2026 | 58% | 24 |
| April 2026 | 73% | 26 |
| May 2026 | 63% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 75%
- Diverted
- 0.6%
- Flights flown
- 329
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 340 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.