UA5497United Airlines · DEN → ICT
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5497 DenverDEN · 09:40 WichitaICT · 12:14

UA5497 by United Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Wichita (ICT) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Wichita · off blocks 09:32 · 8 min early
11:34

estimated arrival at ICT · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeUA5497 · position estimated
DENDenverICTWichita
Estimated from the boardsarr 11:34

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 09:32 · typical taxi-out at DEN ≈ 7 min.

⚖ UA5497 typically leaves −5 and lands −12. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~7 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
09-14
−8 gate · −40 arrival
09-13
−6 gate · −16 arrival
09-12
+0 gate · +2 arrival
09-11
−4 gate · −11 arrival
09-10
−5 gate · −12 arrival
09-09
−3 gate · −16 arrival
09-08
−8 gate · −16 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 −12 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
ICTWichitaHigh riskICT delay board →
DEN→ICTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DEN and ICT 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
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T
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T
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S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Denver to Wichita flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA6020departs 07:45
UA4780departs 13:25
UA5454departs 13:40
UA4753departs 15:35
UA4782departs 15:35
UA2166departs 17:55

If UA5497 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Wichita 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 UA5497 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5497 across the DEN and ICT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5497 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
09-14DEN 09:40 09:32 (−8)ICT 12:14 11:34 (−40)
09-13DEN 09:40 09:34 (−6)ICT 12:14 11:58 (−16)
09-12DEN 09:40 (+0)ICT 12:14 12:16 (+2)
09-11DEN 09:40 09:36 (−4)ICT 12:14 12:03 (−11)
09-10DEN 09:40 09:35 (−5)ICT 12:14 12:02 (−12)
09-09DEN 09:40 09:37 (−3)ICT 12:14 11:58 (−16)
09-08DEN 09:40 09:32 (−8)ICT 12:14 11:58 (−16)
09-07DEN 09:35 09:32 (−3)ICT 12:05 11:58 (−7)
09-06DEN 09:35 09:27 (−8)ICT

Aircraft

Recent tails: N795SK, N796SK, N738EV, N762SK.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and ICT published them.

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