UA1978United Airlines · DEN → CVG
live · 21m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1978 DenverDEN · 09:38 Cincinnati / CovingtonCVG · 14:23

UA1978 by United Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Cincinnati / Covington (CVG) for the Mon, Sep 7 departure.

Right nowLanded in Cincinnati / Covington · position data
14:02

landed at CVG · confirmed by live position

⚖ UA1978 typically leaves +0 and lands −16. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−16 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~16 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
09-07
−6 gate · −21 arrival
09-06
+0 gate · −10 arrival
09-05
−3 gate · −20 arrival
09-04
−3 gate · −12 arrival
09-03
+0 gate · −16 arrival
09-02
−4 gate · −18 arrival
09-01
+0 gate · −13 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 −16 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
CVGCincinnati / CovingtonOn-time likelyCVG delay board →
DEN→CVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DEN and CVG 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.

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

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
M
T
W
T
F
S
S

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

Other Denver to Cincinnati / Covington flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1615departs 17:45

If UA1978 is cancelled, this is the other United Airlines nonstop flight from Denver to Cincinnati / Covington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DEN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA1978 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1978 across the DEN and CVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 9/9 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 UA1978 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
09-07DEN 09:38 09:32 (−6)CVG 14:23 14:02 (−21)
09-06DEN 09:38 (+0)CVG 14:23 14:13 (−10)
09-05DEN 09:38 09:35 (−3)CVG 14:23 14:03 (−20)
09-04DEN 09:38 09:35 (−3)CVG 14:23 14:11 (−12)
09-03DEN 09:38 (+0)CVG 14:23 14:07 (−16)
09-02DEN 09:38 09:34 (−4)CVG 14:23 14:05 (−18)
09-01DEN 09:38 (+0)CVG 14:23 14:10 (−13)
08-31DEN 09:38 09:43 (+5)CVG 14:23 14:16 (−7)
08-30DEN 09:38CVG 14:23 14:04 (−19)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N448UA, N33289, N87513, N73278.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and CVG published them.

Cite this data

Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.

Suggested citation

Pro Flight Search — UA1978 Denver to Cincinnati / Covington on-time performance, measured from the DEN and CVG airport boards.

Canonical URL
https://proflightsearch.com/flight/UA1978
How we measure this →