UA478United Airlines · BIL → DEN
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA478 BillingsBIL · 14:28 DenverDEN · 16:15

UA478 by United Airlines flies from Billings (BIL) to Denver (DEN) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowLanded in Denver · today
15:57

arrived at DEN · 18 min early

Typical gate push+9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−21 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~30 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
10-22
+11 gate · −18 arrival
10-21
+2 gate · −32 arrival
10-20
+9 gate · −4 arrival
10-19
+10 gate · −21 arrival
10-18
+8 gate · −21 arrival
10-17
+10 gate · −21 arrival
10-16
+7 gate · −26 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 −21 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BILBillingsHigh riskBIL delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
BIL→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.0%Chance of cancellation
+27 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BIL 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 Billings to Denver flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA5829departs 05:00
UA372departs 07:00
UA4654departs 10:30
UA5463departs 10:30
UA4637departs 16:00
UA4643departs 17:57

If UA478 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Billings to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BIL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA478 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA478 across the BIL and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~21 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 UA478 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
10-22BIL 14:28 14:39 (+11)DEN 16:15 15:57 (−18)
10-21BIL 14:28 14:30 (+2)DEN 16:15 15:43 (−32)
10-20BIL 14:28 14:37 (+9)DEN 16:15 16:11 (−4)
10-19BIL 14:28 14:38 (+10)DEN 16:15 15:54 (−21)
10-18BIL 14:28 14:36 (+8)DEN 16:15 15:54 (−21)
10-17BIL 14:28 14:38 (+10)DEN 16:15 15:54 (−21)
10-16BIL 14:28 14:35 (+7)DEN 16:15 15:49 (−26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N27213, N35271, N474UA, N24202.

Board clocks recorded as BIL and DEN published them.

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