United Airlines in November 2023

88.8%arrived on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2023, United Airlines (UA) reported 57,897 scheduled domestic flights. 88.8% arrived on time, 0.1% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 86.2% on time and 0.1% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.6 points above the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 88.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.0%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by United Airlines in November 2023.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	UA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Nov 2023
Arrived on time	88.8%	—	78.2%	86.2%
Departed on time	89.3%	—	80.6%	86.0%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.0%	0.1%
Average arrival delay	-4.7 min	—	6.3 min	-1.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	1,930	—	2,262	18,793
Scheduled flights	57,897	—	825,693	563,777

111 airports and 751 routes had UA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN Denver	7,748	86.7%	-2.3 min	0.0%
ORD Chicago	6,477	88.9%	-5.6 min	0.1%
EWR Newark	5,527	88.7%	-6.2 min	0.1%
IAH Houston	5,362	87.4%	-2.2 min	0.0%
SFO San Francisco	4,011	86.6%	-2.0 min	0.0%
IAD Washington	2,237	89.3%	-6.9 min	0.2%
LAX Los Angeles	2,195	91.0%	-6.7 min	0.1%
LAS Las Vegas	1,174	89.9%	-6.7 min	0.3%
MCO Orlando	1,138	91.1%	-6.2 min	0.4%
BOS Boston	926	91.6%	-7.7 min	0.2%
SAN San Diego	844	90.9%	-8.3 min	0.1%
PHX Phoenix	811	91.5%	-6.4 min	0.0%
AUS Austin	776	91.6%	-7.4 min	0.0%
TPA Tampa	721	92.1%	-9.5 min	0.3%
CLE Cleveland	709	93.1%	-9.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of UA flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	39.1%	42.5%	140,682
Late-arriving aircraft	40.2%	37.3%	144,646
National Aviation System	19.5%	16.2%	69,948
Extreme weather	1.2%	3.7%	4,246
Security	0.0%	0.3%	101

359,623 delay minutes on 6,357 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of United Airlines flights were on time in November 2023?

88.8% of 57,897 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 86.2% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the carrier did not report that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for United Airlines · methodology · corrections.