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UA1720

Denver (DEN) to Houston (IAH) · scheduled 7:45 AM – 11:15 AM

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How UA1720 performs

711 operations, 2023-11-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
89.3%
632 of 708 completed
Cancellation rate
0.42%
3 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-10 min
Average -5.0 min
Severe delays
1.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
42 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
91.7%
Left the gate on time

UA1720 arrived on time 89.3% of the time, against 76.9% for all DENIAH flights — this specific departure is 12.4 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 11.9 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 711 operations between 2023-11-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA172089.3%0.42%-10 min1.8%711
United Airlines on DENIAH77.3%0.78%-4 min8.1%11,445
All DENIAH flights76.9%0.83%-5 min8.2%14,528

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-01 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA1720 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.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
IAHBWI Houston to Baltimore2026-02-122026-06-3013283.3%
RAPDEN Rapid City to Denver2026-05-222026-06-2434
IAHPIT Houston to Pittsburgh2026-03-072026-03-284
MSPDEN Minneapolis to Denver2025-05-012025-05-2121
IAHPHL Houston to Philadelphia2024-06-272025-03-2849
PHLORD Philadelphia to Chicago2025-03-062025-03-2814
SFOONT San Francisco to Ontario2024-06-012024-06-2619
IAHATL Houston to Atlanta2023-07-012024-06-1424386.8%
IAHFLL Houston to Fort Lauderdale2024-05-022024-05-2221
LASEWR Las Vegas to Newark2024-03-312024-05-0132
RNOSFO Reno to San Francisco2023-12-212024-01-0817
ABQORD Albuquerque to Chicago2023-10-142023-10-163
TULIAH Tulsa to Houston2023-10-052023-10-051

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1720 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 711 records of UA1720 operating DENIAH, 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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