UA5501United Airlines · MKE → DEN
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5501 MilwaukeeMKE · 10:35 DenverDEN · 12:27

UA5501 by United Airlines flies from Milwaukee (MKE) to Denver (DEN) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowLanded in Denver · today
12:08

arrived at DEN · 19 min early

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 7 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
10-16
−19 arrival
10-15
+14 gate · +3 arrival
10-14
+24 gate · +8 arrival
10-13
+7 gate · −12 arrival
10-12
+8 gate · +12 arrival
10-11
+11 gate · −15 arrival
10-10
−30 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 · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MKEMilwaukeeOn-time likelyMKE delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
MKE→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MKE 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.

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 Milwaukee to Denver flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA6028departs 08:43
UA4609departs 09:53
UA6099departs 13:14
UA1969departs 14:39
UA5344departs 17:50

If UA5501 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Milwaukee to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MKE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA5501 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5501 across the MKE and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 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 UA5501 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
10-16MKE 10:35DEN 12:27 12:08 (−19)
10-15MKE 10:35 10:49 (+14)DEN 12:27 12:30 (+3)
10-14MKE 10:35 10:59 (+24)DEN 12:27 12:35 (+8)
10-13MKE 10:35 10:42 (+7)DEN 12:27 12:15 (−12)
10-12MKE 10:35 10:43 (+8)DEN 12:27 12:39 (+12)
10-11MKE 10:35 10:46 (+11)DEN 12:27 12:12 (−15)
10-10MKE DEN 12:27 11:57 (−30)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N635SY, N641SY, N152SY, N626SY.

Board clocks recorded as MKE and DEN published them.

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