Flight Reliability
UA 5948 · United Airlines
Chicago → Nashville (ORD–BNA)96% of its flights flew this route. The rest (PIA–ORD, DEN–AUS) are included in these numbers.
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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 55%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 23 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.1%
- Cancelled
- 10 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 94 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
UA 5948 arrived on time 76% of the time on Thursdays and just 35% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
Lagging the ORD–BNA route.
UA 5948 arrived on time 55% of the time, versus 70% across the ORD–BNA route.
Well behind the United Airlines network.
UA 5948 arrived on time 55% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon64%(22 flights)
- Tue—(4 flights)
- Wed—(4 flights)
- Thu76%(21 flights)
- Fri35%(20 flights)
- Sat—(1 flights)
- Sun48%(21 flights)
- 3–6 PM53%(90 flights)
- 6–9 PM—(3 flights)
48%
Oct
Jun 44% → Oct 48% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 44% | 18 |
| July 2025 | 38% | 16 |
| August 2025 | 53% | 17 |
| September 2025 | 83% | 18 |
| October 2025 | 48% | 21 |
- Departures on time
- 68%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 93
- Months covered
- 7
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 94 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.