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UA501

Denver (DEN) to Orlando (MCO) · scheduled 2:00 PM – 7:41 PM

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How UA501 performs

669 operations, 2024-06-27 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
70.9%
465 of 656 completed
Cancellation rate
1.20%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-5 min
Average 24.1 min
Severe delays
17.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
108 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
73.5%
Left the gate on time

UA501 arrived on time 70.9% of the time, against 76.2% for all DENMCO flights — this specific departure is 5.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 9.9 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 669 operations between 2024-06-27 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA50170.9%1.20%-5 min17.8%669
United Airlines on DENMCO80.8%1.24%-9 min7.8%5,577
All DENMCO flights76.2%1.18%-5 min8.2%14,020

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

Other routes UA501 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
SDFDEN Louisville to Denver2026-04-302026-05-2021
LASDEN Las Vegas to Denver2025-10-262026-03-2813891.3%
ORDLAS Chicago to Las Vegas2026-03-052026-03-2821
MFEIAH McAllen to Houston2026-02-142026-02-283
SFODEN San Francisco to Denver2024-03-312025-05-2118689.8%
DENCLE Denver to Cleveland2025-05-012025-05-2118
LAXSFO Los Angeles to San Francisco2025-03-302025-03-312
SRQORD Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago2024-11-282024-11-281
SEASFO Seattle to San Francisco2024-04-012024-05-2229
DENLGA Denver to New York2024-03-312024-05-0128
DENFLL Denver to Fort Lauderdale2023-07-012024-03-3027372.3%
SEADEN Seattle to Denver2024-02-152024-03-0621
IAHRIC Houston to Richmond2023-11-232023-11-231

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA501 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 669 records of UA501 operating DENMCO, 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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