United Airlines in July 2026

71.5%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 2026, United Airlines (UA) reported 74,440 scheduled domestic flights. 71.5% arrived on time, 2.0% were cancelled and 0.7% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 69.4% on time and 2.6% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.1 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, it reported 69,788 flights with 67.9% on time: a change of +3.6 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 26%.

On time 71.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.9%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by United Airlines in July 2026.

July 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	UA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Jul 2026
Arrived on time	71.5%	67.9%	78.2%	69.4%
Departed on time	73.9%	71.2%	80.6%	68.8%
Cancelled	2.0%	1.7%	1.0%	2.6%
Average arrival delay	14.8 min	20.2 min	6.3 min	15.6 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,481	2,326	2,262	21,066
Scheduled flights	74,440	69,788	825,693	631,970

131 airports and 870 routes had UA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN Denver	9,851	69.4%	17.2 min	0.5%
ORD Chicago	9,377	70.5%	15.3 min	3.0%
IAH Houston	6,385	72.4%	10.5 min	0.5%
SFO San Francisco	5,896	71.8%	9.9 min	0.5%
EWR Newark	5,653	64.9%	22.1 min	6.1%
IAD Washington	3,193	71.6%	16.2 min	2.0%
LAX Los Angeles	2,818	77.1%	6.9 min	0.5%
LAS Las Vegas	1,207	69.3%	16.7 min	1.2%
BOS Boston	1,203	71.6%	16.7 min	2.7%
MCO Orlando	1,180	72.8%	10.1 min	2.5%
SEA Seattle	978	69.5%	16.2 min	1.2%
SAN San Diego	975	68.3%	14.5 min	1.0%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	937	71.0%	17.0 min	1.8%
AUS Austin	895	73.6%	13.5 min	2.2%
LGA New York	845	62.6%	33.2 min	6.7%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.8%	31.7%	413,144
Late-arriving aircraft	36.2%	41.8%	580,668
National Aviation System	32.4%	19.9%	518,722
Extreme weather	5.6%	6.5%	90,437
Security	0.0%	0.1%	53

1,603,024 delay minutes on 19,252 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 July 2026?

71.5% of 74,440 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 69.4% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025 the carrier reported 69,788 flights with 67.9% on time and 1.7% cancelled, against 71.5% and 2.0% in July 2026.

Provenance

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