Flight profile · United Airlines
UA500
Indianapolis (IND) to San Francisco (SFO) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 7:50 AM
How UA500 performs
820 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
UA500 arrived on time 84.8% of the time, against 80.0% for all IND → SFO flights — this specific departure is 4.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.8 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 820 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA500 | 84.8% | 1.46% | -8 min | 4.6% | 820 |
| United Airlines on IND → SFO | 80.0% | 1.16% | -6 min | 6.4% | 1,383 |
| All IND → SFO flights | 80.0% | 1.16% | -6 min | 6.4% | 1,383 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFO→PHX San Francisco to Phoenix | 2026-03-29 – 2026-06-30 | 47 | — |
| DEN→IDA Denver to Idaho Falls | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-11 | 36 | — |
| MFR→DEN Medford to Denver | 2026-02-04 – 2026-02-04 | 1 | — |
| SFO→BUR San Francisco to Burbank | 2025-08-19 – 2025-12-17 | 84 | — |
| SFO→SNA San Francisco to Santa Ana | 2024-08-19 – 2025-08-18 | 344 | 84.3% |
| SNA→IAH Santa Ana to Houston | 2025-05-22 – 2025-08-18 | 89 | — |
| GRR→DEN Grand Rapids to Denver | 2024-06-27 – 2024-06-30 | 4 | — |
| EWR→BOS Newark to Boston | 2024-05-23 – 2024-06-26 | 33 | — |
| RDU→EWR Raleigh–Durham to Newark | 2024-05-23 – 2024-06-26 | 33 | — |
| DEN→SDF Denver to Louisville | 2024-02-15 – 2024-05-22 | 74 | — |
| LAS→SFO Las Vegas to San Francisco | 2024-01-08 – 2024-01-08 | 1 | — |
| BOI→SFO Boise to San Francisco | 2023-10-29 – 2024-01-05 | 63 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA500 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 820 records of UA500 operating IND → SFO, 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.