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UA479

Cincinnati / Covington (CVG) to Denver (DEN) · scheduled 3:25 PM – 4:40 PM

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How UA479 performs

1,093 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
84.8%
911 of 1,074 completed
Cancellation rate
0.64%
7 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-10 min
Average 1.5 min
Severe delays
6.2%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
79 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
84.2%
Left the gate on time

UA479 arrived on time 84.8% of the time, against 81.5% for all CVGDEN flights — this specific departure is 3.3 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 1.5 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,093 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA47984.8%0.64%-10 min6.2%1,093
United Airlines on CVGDEN86.3%0.69%-9 min5.3%2,188
All CVGDEN flights81.5%0.72%-7 min6.4%5,109

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does UA479 run worse on particular days?

Monday85.6%
Tuesday87.2%
Wednesday84.6%
Thursday86.6%
Friday81.9%
Saturday82.4%
Sunday85.5%

Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 5.2 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes UA479 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
ORDONT Chicago to Ontario2025-11-272025-11-271
DENRIC Denver to Richmond2024-10-272024-12-0236
SFORDM San Francisco to Redmond2024-11-282024-11-281
LAXPHX Los Angeles to Phoenix2023-11-232023-11-231

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA479 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,093 records of UA479 operating CVGDEN, 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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