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UA 5550 on time

United Airlines 5550: Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo at 4:10 p.m. (past 12 months)

On time
89%
192 flights · likely 84–93%
Cancelled
0.0%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−8 min
median vs schedule
When late
+62 min
average delay
Similar flights
90%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 9 UA 5550 flights from Los Angeles arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (11%); 0.0% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 8 minutes early.

UA 5550: LAX → SBP

Scheduled to leave Los Angeles at 4:10 p.m. local time, operated by SkyWest as OO 5550. Over the past year it arrived on time 89% of the time (192 flights), in line with other UA flights on the route at that hour (90%). Last seen in the data Aug 10, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Aug 2025: too few flights (13 flights)AugSep 2025: 83% on time (23 flights)83SepOct 2025: 80% on time (25 flights)80OctJan 2026: 89% on time (18 flights)89JanFeb 2026: 92% on time (24 flights)92FebMar 2026: 94% on time (18 flights)94MarApr 2026: too few flights (1 flights)AprMay 2026: 90% on time (29 flights)90MayJun 2026: 92% on time (25 flights)92JunJul 2026: 95% on time (22 flights)95JulAug 2026: too few flights (7 flights)Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday3391%
Tuesday2286%
Wednesday2291%
Thursday3594%
Friday2886%
Saturday19—
Sunday3388%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 31%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 28%Severe weather 24%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 14%Security 3%

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Questions

How often is UA 5550 from LAX to SBP late?

United Airlines 5550 from Los Angeles, CA to San Luis Obispo, CA arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 11% of 192 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.0% were cancelled.

Flight numbers change. Figures cover flights with this airline, number and route only. "Likely range" is the 95% interval for the true on-time rate given the number of flights. This is history, not live status: check United Airlines for today's flight. Method.