UA5257United Airlines · DEN → BIL
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5257 DenverDEN · 21:10 BillingsBIL · 22:51

UA5257 by United Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Billings (BIL) for the Tue, Oct 13 departure.

Right nowOn time · gate B61 · as of 04:09
21:10

departs DEN · on schedule

Typical gate push+8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−14 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~22 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+33+65+98 min
10-12
+98 gate · +41 arrival
10-11
+84 gate · +92 arrival
10-10
−5 gate · −22 arrival
10-09
+8 gate · −32 arrival
10-08
+0 gate · −14 arrival
10-07
−10 gate · −27 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 −14 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverModerate riskDEN delay board →
BILBillingsHigh riskBIL delay board →
DEN→BILevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
61%Chance of 15+ min delay
8.3%Chance of cancellation
+46 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by DEN (Denver), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Denver to Billings flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA4754departs 07:51
UA4762departs 08:05
UA703departs 11:38
UA5845departs 13:45
UA5498departs 15:35
UA1417departs 19:35

If UA5257 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Billings 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 UA5257 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5257 across the DEN and BIL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 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 UA5257 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
10-12DEN 21:10 22:48 (+98)BIL 22:51 23:32 (+41)
10-11DEN 21:10 22:34 (+84)BIL 22:51 00:23 (+92)
10-10DEN 21:10 21:05 (−5)BIL 22:51 22:29 (−22)
10-09DEN 21:10 21:18 (+8)BIL 22:53 22:21 (−32)
10-08DEN 21:10 (+0)BIL 22:51 22:37 (−14)
10-07DEN 21:10 21:00 (−10)BIL 22:51 22:24 (−27)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N751EV, N792SK, N723EV, N618UX.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and BIL published them.

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