Flight profile · United Airlines
UA1417
Denver (DEN) to Billings (BIL) · scheduled 7:44 PM – 8:57 PM
How UA1417 performs
247 operations, 2025-10-26 to 2026-06-30.
UA1417 arrived on time 78.9% of the time, against 77.8% for all DEN → BIL flights — this specific departure is 1.1 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.8 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 247 operations between 2025-10-26 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1417 | 78.9% | 0.00% | -4 min | 8.1% | 247 |
| United Airlines on DEN → BIL | 75.1% | 0.27% | -4 min | 9.1% | 2,194 |
| All DEN → BIL flights | 77.8% | 0.74% | -4 min | 7.5% | 4,475 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-10-26 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA1417 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLL→DEN Fort Lauderdale to Denver | 2026-03-05 – 2026-06-30 | 83 | — |
| GSP→DEN Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg to Denver | 2026-05-21 – 2026-05-31 | 11 | — |
| RSW→DEN Fort Myers to Denver | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-04 | 21 | — |
| ONT→DEN Ontario to Denver | 2023-10-29 – 2025-12-17 | 112 | 85.7% |
| DEN→RDU Denver to Raleigh–Durham | 2023-07-01 – 2025-10-25 | 762 | 71.3% |
| SEA→DEN Seattle to Denver | 2025-03-30 – 2025-09-24 | 113 | 75.0% |
| SFO→SEA San Francisco to Seattle | 2025-05-22 – 2025-09-24 | 71 | — |
| TVC→DEN Traverse City to Denver | 2025-06-26 – 2025-07-31 | 36 | — |
| DEN→SAT Denver to San Antonio | 2025-04-01 – 2025-04-30 | 30 | — |
| SNA→DEN Santa Ana to Denver | 2024-12-19 – 2025-02-12 | 56 | — |
| SFO→DEN San Francisco to Denver | 2024-08-19 – 2024-12-02 | 105 | 73.1% |
| PHX→SFO Phoenix to San Francisco | 2024-08-19 – 2024-09-23 | 20 | — |
| SJC→DEN San Jose to Denver | 2024-05-23 – 2024-08-18 | 87 | — |
| RNO→DEN Reno to Denver | 2023-12-01 – 2023-12-20 | 20 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1417 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
45 min late
against a median of 4 min early
Percentiles over 247 operations. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are counted separately rather than as very late arrivals.
Why UA1417 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for UA1417 on DEN → BIL. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on DEN → BIL
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA703 | United Airlines | 78.1% | 6 min early | 873 |
| OO5498 | SkyWest Airlines | 77.4% | 3 min early | 642 |
| UA1884 | United Airlines | 71.9% | 1 min early | 700 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 247 records of UA1417 operating DEN → BIL, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.
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