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UA478

Billings (BIL) to Denver (DEN) · scheduled 2:35 PM – 4:17 PM

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How UA478 performs

586 operations, 2024-10-27 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
71.6%
414 of 578 completed
Cancellation rate
0.00%
0 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-6 min
Average 10.6 min
Severe delays
9.3%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
69 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
77.8%
Left the gate on time

UA478 arrived on time 71.6% of the time, against 81.0% for all BILDEN flights — this specific departure is 9.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 9.5 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 586 operations between 2024-10-27 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA47871.6%0.00%-6 min9.3%586
United Airlines on BILDEN81.1%0.46%-10 min5.8%2,194
All BILDEN flights81.0%0.98%-10 min7.5%4,474

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-10-27 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA478 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
DENLAS Denver to Las Vegas2024-04-012025-12-0119471.5%
ORDMSN Chicago to Madison2025-11-272025-11-271
DENABQ Denver to Albuquerque2025-03-062025-03-2924
PHLDEN Philadelphia to Denver2025-03-062025-03-2924
SFOONT San Francisco to Ontario2024-11-282024-11-281
DENRSW Denver to Fort Myers2024-10-272024-10-315
BDLDEN Hartford to Denver2024-07-012024-08-1842
DENRAP Denver to Rapid City2024-07-042024-07-052
LASEWR Las Vegas to Newark2024-03-312024-05-0132
IADEYW Washington to Key West2023-12-212024-03-3010176.8%
DENORD Denver to Chicago2023-11-282023-12-2023
PDXDEN Portland to Denver2023-07-012023-11-2714993.3%
DENBOS Denver to Boston2023-11-012023-11-2720
IAHORF Houston to Norfolk2023-11-232023-11-231
ORDPDX Chicago to Portland2023-07-052023-09-0435

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA478 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 586 records of UA478 operating BILDEN, 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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