On-Time Report

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Carrier month · July 2024

United Airlines in July 2024

68.3%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 July 2024, United Airlines (UA) reported 65,463 scheduled domestic flights. 68.3% arrived on time, 3.7% were cancelled and 0.5% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 68.1% on time and 2.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was level with the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 20%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by United Airlines in July 2024.

July 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierUA, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Jul 2024
Arrived on time68.3%—78.2%68.1%
Departed on time69.2%—80.6%68.5%
Cancelled3.7%—1.0%2.9%
Average arrival delay17.6 min—6.3 min18.1 min
Scheduled flights a day2,182—2,26221,154
Scheduled flights65,463—825,693634,613

114 airports and 785 routes had UA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DEN Denver9,04169.5%15.4 min2.5%
ORD Chicago7,77765.5%19.2 min3.4%
IAH Houston5,83351.7%34.4 min6.2%
EWR Newark5,70858.9%30.1 min4.1%
SFO San Francisco4,42475.7%7.6 min3.1%
IAD Washington2,69172.3%13.2 min2.2%
LAX Los Angeles2,61875.7%7.2 min2.9%
BOS Boston1,15970.2%15.3 min4.5%
MCO Orlando1,08265.8%19.2 min4.1%
LAS Las Vegas1,05365.4%19.5 min5.0%
SEA Seattle1,01173.9%10.1 min4.5%
SAN San Diego89870.8%12.5 min3.6%
AUS Austin82172.2%13.8 min3.5%
LGA New York77266.3%19.7 min6.0%
PHX Phoenix74773.0%13.6 min4.1%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier32.9%36.6%502,544
Late-arriving aircraft42.9%42.7%653,775
National Aviation System19.6%16.0%298,359
Extreme weather4.7%4.6%70,949
Security0.0%0.1%52
1,525,679 delay minutes on 17,985 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

What share of United Airlines flights were on time in July 2024?

68.3% of 65,463 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 68.1% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 2023 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 July 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for United Airlines · methodology · corrections.