Flight profile · United Airlines
UA486
Cleveland (CLE) to Denver (DEN) · scheduled 4:30 PM – 6:07 PM
How UA486 performs
890 operations, 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30.
UA486 arrived on time 84.7% of the time, against 82.3% for all CLE → DEN flights — this specific departure is 2.4 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.0 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 890 operations between 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA486 | 84.7% | 0.11% | -9 min | 4.5% | 890 |
| United Airlines on CLE → DEN | 87.7% | 0.21% | -11 min | 3.8% | 2,912 |
| All CLE → DEN flights | 82.3% | 0.49% | -8 min | 5.6% | 5,538 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does UA486 run worse on particular days?
Sunday is historically the most reliable day and Saturday the least, a gap of 7.9 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes UA486 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCO→CLE Orlando to Cleveland | 2024-03-07 – 2026-06-30 | 553 | 89.8% |
| DEN→SEA Denver to Seattle | 2026-03-08 – 2026-03-27 | 18 | — |
| DEN→SNA Denver to Santa Ana | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-04 | 13 | — |
| ORD→FSD Chicago to Sioux Falls | 2025-11-27 – 2025-11-27 | 1 | — |
| IAH→PHL Houston to Philadelphia | 2025-05-27 – 2025-06-24 | 5 | — |
| DEN→SFO Denver to San Francisco | 2025-05-01 – 2025-05-18 | 9 | — |
| DEN→SAN Denver to San Diego | 2025-02-13 – 2025-03-05 | 15 | — |
| DEN→LAS Denver to Las Vegas | 2025-01-12 – 2025-02-09 | 5 | — |
| ORD→MCO Chicago to Orlando | 2024-08-19 – 2024-09-25 | 38 | — |
| CLE→IAH Cleveland to Houston | 2024-08-25 – 2024-09-24 | 18 | — |
| DEN→SBA Denver to Santa Barbara | 2024-08-01 – 2024-08-18 | 18 | — |
| LAX→SAN Los Angeles to San Diego | 2023-11-23 – 2023-11-23 | 1 | — |
| CHS→IAD Charleston to Washington | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA486 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 890 records of UA486 operating CLE → 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.