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UA542 United Airlines - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about United Airlines flight UA542, which currently operates between the airports of Detroit - Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (Airport Code DTW) and Denver - Denver International Airport (Airport Code DEN).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

UA542 On Time performance:
90
We have calculated the percentage of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, or earlier, based on real flight data from the last 3 months. More about punctuality and delays

Flight Status

UA542 United Airlines to Denver

We only provide flight information for yesterday, today and tomorrow. This flight is not scheduled for this interval of time.

Airline information

United Airlines
United Airlines

Departure

Detroit (DTW)
May 20, 2026
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

Arrival

Denver (DEN)
May 20, 2026
Denver International Airport
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Codeshare Flights

This flight is shared with other airlines, this means that these other flights are the same:

- AC3891 - Air Canada

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight UA542?
The flight UA542 is scheduled to flight on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight UA542?
The distance between the two airports is 1120 miles.

Which is the flight time of flight UA542?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 03:28 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 03:14 hours.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
No, each airport is in a different timezone. The times shown above, are presented in the local time of each respective airport.
Current Time in Detroit: 2026-06-14 12:16:03
Current Time in Denver: 2026-06-14 10:16:03

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Detroit and Denver:

Delta Air Lines
- Flight Number: DL1113. (On Time performance: 92 - Average Delay: 3 minutes)
- Flight Number: DL1644. (On Time performance: 72 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)
- Flight Number: DL1648. (On Time performance: 87 - Average Delay: 9 minutes)
- Flight Number: DL2431. (On Time performance: 77 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)

Frontier Airlines
- Flight Number: F92211. (On Time performance: 81 - Average Delay: 16 minutes)
- Flight Number: F93565. (On Time performance: 93 - Average Delay: 13 minutes)

United Airlines
- Flight Number: UA2302. (On Time performance: 95 - Average Delay: 3 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA302. (On Time performance: 86 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)

Southwest Airlines
- Flight Number: WN1282. (On Time performance: 70 - Average Delay: 16 minutes)
- Flight Number: WN1778. (On Time performance: 100 - Average Delay: 3 minutes)
- Flight Number: WN4450. (On Time performance: 20 - Average Delay: 51 minutes)
- Flight Number: WN884. (On Time performance: 96 - Average Delay: 2 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

We have gathered data from recent months and present below an analysis of how timely the flights have been.

In terms of On-Time Performance, by analyzing the flight data from the last three months, spanning from April 30, 2026 to May 20, 2026, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 21
On Time: 19 ( 90 % )
Moderate Delay: 1 ( 5 % )
Significant Delay: 0 ( 0 % )
Major Delay: 0 ( 0 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 1 ( 5 % )

Average Delay: -1 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Week: It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately by weekday due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions
Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from April 30, 2026 to May 20, 2026. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Note: We have excluded some months from the graph, since the quantity and quality of the data is not representative enough.

Last Past Flights UA542

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Wednesday
20 May
09:00 am
Detroit (DTW)
10:19 am
Denver (DEN)
03h 19min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
19 May
09:05 am
Detroit (DTW)
10:36 am
Denver (DEN)
03h 31min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - On-time
Monday
18 May
09:33 am
Detroit (DTW)
10:53 am
Denver (DEN)
03h 20min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - Delayed
Sunday
17 May
01:00 pm
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02:19 pm
Denver (DEN)
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
- DIVERTED
Sunday
17 May
08:59 am
Detroit (DTW)
09:51 am
Detroit (DTW)
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - DIVERTED
Saturday
16 May
09:04 am
Detroit (DTW)
10:26 am
Denver (DEN)
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time
Friday
15 May
09:03 am
Detroit (DTW)
10:12 am
Denver (DEN)
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time