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UA498

Denver (DEN) to Portland (PDX) · scheduled 7:20 PM – 9:15 PM

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How UA498 performs

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

On-time arrivals
74.5%
806 of 1,082 completed
Cancellation rate
1.01%
11 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-1 min
Average 10.9 min
Severe delays
7.7%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
60 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
73.3%
Left the gate on time

UA498 arrived on time 74.5% of the time, against 75.7% for all DENPDX flights — this specific departure is 1.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 6.8 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
UA49874.5%1.01%-1 min7.7%1,093
United Airlines on DENPDX81.3%0.65%-7 min6.4%5,544
All DENPDX flights75.7%0.73%-2 min6.7%13,334

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

By day of week

Does UA498 run worse on particular days?

Monday78.1%
Tuesday77.9%
Wednesday72.1%
Thursday66.4%
Friday76.0%
Saturday75.2%
Sunday75.6%

Monday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 11.6 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 UA498 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
MEMDEN Memphis to Denver2026-04-302026-06-3062
PDXIAD Portland to Washington2026-06-252026-06-306
SRQDEN Sarasota/Bradenton to Denver2025-12-182026-01-0519
ORDRNO Chicago to Reno2025-11-272025-11-271
MCODEN Orlando to Denver2025-09-252025-10-2531
LGADEN New York to Denver2024-12-192025-09-2474
PDXEWR Portland to Newark2024-02-152025-08-1812082.2%
SAVDEN Savannah to Denver2023-12-212025-07-3155
TPADEN Tampa to Denver2025-03-302025-05-2153
DCADEN Washington to Denver2024-10-272024-12-0236
PITDEN Pittsburgh to Denver2024-09-262024-10-2631
RDUDEN Raleigh–Durham to Denver2024-06-272024-07-3135
OMADEN Omaha to Denver2024-05-232024-06-2635
STLDEN St. Louis to Denver2024-01-092024-05-0169
LAXDEN Los Angeles to Denver2024-03-072024-03-3024
RNODEN Reno to Denver2024-02-152024-03-0621
MFRSFO Medford to San Francisco2023-11-232023-11-231

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA498 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,093 records of UA498 operating DENPDX, 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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