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UA 5974 · United Airlines

FAT → San Francisco (FAT–SFO)88% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ORD–DLH, ORD–ATW) are included in these numbers.

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Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
5 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 352 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

UA 5974 departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 35% between 3–6 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

UA 5974 arrived on time 84% of the time on Saturdays and just 68% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the United Airlines network.

UA 5974 arrived on time 73% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

Recent months have been rougher.

UA 5974 arrived on time 61% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(47 flights)
  • Tue69%(51 flights)
  • Wed73%(48 flights)
  • Thu68%(47 flights)
  • Fri69%(49 flights)
  • Sat84%(51 flights)
  • Sun73%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(11 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(307 flights)
  • 3–6 PM35%(26 flights)
On-time trend by month
61%
May

Jun 90% → May 61% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%30
July 202584%31
August 202584%31
September 202570%30
October 202573%30
November 202571%28
December 202571%21
January 202672%29
February 202664%28
March 202687%30
April 202636%25
May 202661%31
Departures on time
76%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
344
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 352 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.