Flight profile · United Airlines
UA1781
Des Moines (DSM) to Denver (DEN) · scheduled 5:15 PM – 6:18 PM
How UA1781 performs
466 operations, 2024-09-26 to 2026-06-30.
UA1781 arrived on time 74.0% of the time, against 81.6% for all DSM → DEN flights — this specific departure is 7.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.1 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 466 operations between 2024-09-26 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1781 | 74.0% | 0.43% | -2 min | 12.3% | 466 |
| United Airlines on DSM → DEN | 78.1% | 1.23% | -4 min | 9.1% | 2,693 |
| All DSM → DEN flights | 81.6% | 0.99% | -7 min | 6.8% | 6,950 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-09-26 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA1781 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORD→DSM Chicago to Des Moines | 2026-06-25 – 2026-06-30 | 5 | — |
| OMA→IAH Omaha to Houston | 2026-03-05 – 2026-03-28 | 24 | — |
| PNS→IAH Pensacola to Houston | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-04 | 21 | — |
| SFO→DTW San Francisco to Detroit | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-11 | 32 | — |
| SFO→SNA San Francisco to Santa Ana | 2026-01-11 – 2026-02-08 | 5 | — |
| EWR→DFW Newark to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| CLE→DEN Cleveland to Denver | 2025-07-01 – 2025-07-31 | 27 | — |
| ECP→DEN Panama City Beach to Denver | 2025-03-08 – 2025-07-26 | 9 | — |
| DEN→MCI Denver to Kansas City | 2025-05-22 – 2025-06-25 | 35 | — |
| IAH→OMA Houston to Omaha | 2024-08-19 – 2024-09-25 | 37 | — |
| MSP→IAH Minneapolis to Houston | 2024-09-08 – 2024-09-08 | 1 | — |
| EWR→SFO Newark to San Francisco | 2024-07-01 – 2024-08-18 | 49 | — |
| STL→EWR St. Louis to Newark | 2024-07-02 – 2024-08-18 | 42 | — |
| IAD→MSY Washington to New Orleans | 2024-06-27 – 2024-06-30 | 4 | — |
| LAS→EWR Las Vegas to Newark | 2024-03-31 – 2024-06-26 | 88 | — |
| EWR→BUF Newark to Buffalo | 2024-03-07 – 2024-03-30 | 24 | — |
| MCO→EWR Orlando to Newark | 2024-03-07 – 2024-03-30 | 24 | — |
| EWR→IAD Newark to Washington | 2023-10-29 – 2024-03-06 | 87 | — |
| ORD→FLL Chicago to Fort Lauderdale | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-08 | 19 | — |
| SFO→LAX San Francisco to Los Angeles | 2023-11-01 – 2023-11-27 | 23 | — |
| IAH→MSP Houston to Minneapolis | 2023-09-29 – 2023-10-27 | 16 | — |
| ABQ→IAH Albuquerque to Houston | 2023-10-14 – 2023-10-16 | 3 | — |
| ORD→BNA Chicago to Nashville | 2023-09-05 – 2023-09-15 | 11 | — |
| EWR→CHS Newark to Charleston | 2023-08-01 – 2023-08-04 | 4 | — |
| IAH→EWR Houston to Newark | 2023-07-01 – 2023-07-31 | 31 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1781 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 466 records of UA1781 operating DSM → DEN, 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.