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UA2865

Denver (DEN) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 11:15 AM – 2:55 PM

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How UA2865 performs

370 operations, 2025-06-26 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
78.2%
287 of 367 completed
Cancellation rate
0.27%
1 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-1 min
Average 13.1 min
Severe delays
9.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
76 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
81.3%
Left the gate on time

UA2865 arrived on time 78.2% of the time, against 74.4% for all DENORD flights — this specific departure is 3.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.1 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 370 operations between 2025-06-26 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA286578.2%0.27%-1 min9.0%370
United Airlines on DENORD75.1%0.84%-3 min9.0%10,800
All DENORD flights74.4%0.95%-3 min9.5%18,922

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-06-26 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA2865 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
SBADEN Santa Barbara to Denver2026-01-062026-06-3017593.7%
ORDTPA Chicago to Tampa2026-06-252026-06-306
ORDMSP Chicago to Minneapolis2026-05-212026-06-2327
ORDBNA Chicago to Nashville2025-10-262026-05-2020551.0%
JACDEN Jackson to Denver2025-12-182026-01-0519
MCODEN Orlando to Denver2024-09-262025-10-2562
ORDLGA Chicago to New York2025-06-262025-08-1846
FCADEN Kalispell to Denver2024-10-272025-06-2519788.3%
DENMSP Denver to Minneapolis2025-02-132025-03-2945
ONTDEN Ontario to Denver2025-03-062025-03-2924
JAXIAD Jacksonville to Washington2024-08-192024-09-2538

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2865 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 370 records of UA2865 operating DENORD, 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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