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UA397

Denver (DEN) to Minneapolis (MSP) · scheduled 9:35 AM – 12:35 PM

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How UA397 performs

270 operations, 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
87.0%
234 of 269 completed
Cancellation rate
0.00%
0 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-10 min
Average -2.5 min
Severe delays
3.3%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
51 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
86.7%
Left the gate on time

UA397 arrived on time 87.0% of the time, against 77.6% for all DENMSP flights — this specific departure is 9.3 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 9.3 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 270 operations between 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA39787.0%0.00%-10 min3.3%270
United Airlines on DENMSP77.7%0.53%-5 min8.6%4,729
All DENMSP flights77.6%0.64%-5 min7.3%18,262

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA397 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
PHXEWR Phoenix to Newark2026-06-062026-06-203
SFOBNA San Francisco to Nashville2026-05-232026-05-302
PHXDEN Phoenix to Denver2026-02-122026-03-0421
SEADEN Seattle to Denver2026-01-062026-02-1136
ELPIAH El Paso to Houston2025-12-202026-01-033
DENSJC Denver to San Jose2023-07-012025-09-2451991.8%
PHLIAH Philadelphia to Houston2025-08-012025-08-1816
ONTIAH Ontario to Houston2025-06-262025-07-3136
IAHOKC Houston to Oklahoma City2025-06-262025-07-3134
DENGSP Denver to Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg2025-05-222025-06-2535
MIADEN Miami to Denver2025-05-012025-05-2121
DCAORD Washington to Chicago2025-03-302025-04-3032
IAHDFW Houston to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-01-072025-03-2854
ORDPDX Chicago to Portland2025-02-132025-03-0312
SATIAH San Antonio to Houston2025-01-072025-02-1237
SFOEWR San Francisco to Newark2024-12-192025-01-0619
DFWDEN Dallas–Fort Worth to Denver2024-07-012024-07-3130
DSMDEN Des Moines to Denver2024-07-052024-07-051
MSPDEN Minneapolis to Denver2024-05-232024-06-2635
PSPDEN Palm Springs to Denver2024-04-152024-04-294
IAHMCI Houston to Kansas City2024-03-072024-03-3024
HDNIAD Hayden to Washington2023-12-232024-01-063
HDNDEN Hayden to Denver2023-12-162023-12-161
TPAORD Tampa to Chicago2023-11-242023-11-241
ORFIAD Norfolk to Washington2023-07-022023-07-043

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA397 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 270 records of UA397 operating DENMSP, 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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