UA1540United Airlines · TUS → DEN
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1540 TucsonTUS · 05:15 DenverDEN · 08:12

UA1540 by United Airlines flies from Tucson (TUS) to Denver (DEN) for the Mon, Oct 19 departure.

Right nowLanded in Denver · today
07:54

arrived at DEN · 18 min early

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−18 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~23 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-19
+9 gate · −18 arrival
10-18
−1 gate · −27 arrival
10-17
+3 gate · −22 arrival
10-16
+5 gate · −18 arrival
10-15
+15 gate · +4 arrival
10-14
+5 gate · −21 arrival
10-13
+11 gate · −19 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −18 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
TUSTucsonOn-time likelyTUS delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
TUS→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at TUS and DEN are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Tucson to Denver flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA6096departs 09:00
UA1656departs 09:45
UA5198departs 13:15
UA2089departs 13:40
UA5860departs 17:38

If UA1540 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Tucson to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in TUS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA1540 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1540 across the TUS and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~18 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1540 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-19TUS 05:15 05:24 (+9)DEN 08:12 07:54 (−18)
10-18TUS 05:15 05:14 (−1)DEN 08:12 07:45 (−27)
10-17TUS 05:15 05:18 (+3)DEN 08:12 07:50 (−22)
10-16TUS 05:15 05:20 (+5)DEN 08:12 07:54 (−18)
10-15TUS 05:15 05:30 (+15)DEN 08:12 08:16 (+4)
10-14TUS 05:15 05:20 (+5)DEN 08:12 07:51 (−21)
10-13TUS 05:15 05:26 (+11)DEN 08:12 07:53 (−19)
10-12TUS DEN 08:12 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N34282, N37473, N76529, N17315.

Board clocks recorded as TUS and DEN published them.

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