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UA531

Denver (DEN) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 9:20 PM – 10:55 PM

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How UA531 performs

509 operations, 2024-09-26 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
77.0%
391 of 508 completed
Cancellation rate
0.20%
1 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-3 min
Average 7.6 min
Severe delays
7.1%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
58 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
80.7%
Left the gate on time

UA531 arrived on time 77.0% of the time, against 79.2% for all DENLAX flights — this specific departure is 2.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.2 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 509 operations between 2024-09-26 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA53177.0%0.20%-3 min7.1%509
United Airlines on DENLAX82.1%0.73%-7 min6.1%9,465
All DENLAX flights79.2%0.70%-6 min6.9%23,079

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-09-26 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA531 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
JACDEN Jackson to Denver2026-02-122026-06-3047
PITDEN Pittsburgh to Denver2026-05-212026-05-319
MCODEN Orlando to Denver2025-01-072026-05-2021074.5%
SFOSMF San Francisco to Sacramento2026-01-052026-01-051
MSYDEN New Orleans to Denver2025-10-262026-01-0448
ORFEWR Norfolk to Newark2025-11-182025-11-181
TPADEN Tampa to Denver2025-08-192025-09-2437
DENJAC Denver to Jackson2025-06-262025-07-3136
LGADEN New York to Denver2024-12-192025-01-0614
IAHDEN Houston to Denver2024-10-272024-12-0236
IAHRSW Houston to Fort Myers2024-09-252024-09-251
ANCORD Anchorage to Chicago2023-07-012024-09-2419082.3%
COSDEN Colorado Springs to Denver2024-05-022024-05-2221
ATLEWR Atlanta to Newark2024-03-312024-05-0124
EWRSAV Newark to Savannah2024-04-212024-04-211
JACEWR Jackson to Newark2024-02-152024-04-0752
ORDEGE Chicago to Eagle2023-12-212024-02-1456
RDUORD Raleigh–Durham to Chicago2023-12-212024-01-0818
ORDTUS Chicago to Tucson2023-09-292023-12-2060
ROCORD Rochester to Chicago2023-11-282023-11-303
DTWORD Detroit to Chicago2023-10-062023-10-276
ORDCMH Chicago to Columbus2023-10-102023-10-213
ATLORD Atlanta to Chicago2023-10-162023-10-192
ORDMSN Chicago to Madison2023-10-132023-10-152
CMHSFO Columbus to San Francisco2023-09-052023-09-2824

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA531 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 509 records of UA531 operating DENLAX, 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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