UA5861 DEN → COS

United Airlines · Denver, CO to Colorado Springs, CO · 348 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · 73 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 71% on-time departing 3–6pm vs. 32% departing 6–9pm.

UA5861 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DEN → COS, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
67%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+99 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA5861 on time?

Across 348 flights on DEN → COS from 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30, UA5861 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 67% of the time. The median arrival delay was -3 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +99 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time23167%
16-30 min3310%
31-60 min319%
61-120 min247%
2+ hrs268%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072934%+49 min
2025-083043%+44 min
2025-093073%+18 min
2025-103181%+6 min
2025-1129100%-14 min
2025-121573%+28 min
2026-013158%+25 min
2026-022871%+10 min
2026-033174%+7 min
2026-043073%+12 min
2026-053165%+18 min
2026-063060%+29 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5066%
Tue4963%
Wed4971%
Thu4865%
Fri5058%
Sat4973%
Sun5072%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…