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UA 5731 on time

United Airlines 5731: San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles at 6:05 p.m. (past 12 months)

On time
90%
165 flights · likely 84–93%
Cancelled
0.6%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−14 min
median vs schedule
When late
+50 min
average delay
Similar flights
84%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 10 UA 5731 flights from San Luis Obispo arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (10%); 0.6% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 14 minutes early.

UA 5731: SBP → LAX

Scheduled to leave San Luis Obispo at 6:05 p.m. local time, operated by SkyWest as OO 5731. Over the past year it arrived on time 90% of the time (165 flights), better than other UA flights on the route at that hour (84%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Usually United Airlines's last flight of the day from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles (100% of days). United Airlines's last SBP–LAX flight was cancelled 0.4% of the time, against 0.4% for its earlier ones. If it's cancelled, the next United Airlines flight is usually around 6:00 a.m. the next morning.

Month by month

40%70%100%Oct 2025: too few flights (3 flights)OctNov 2025: 79% on time (19 flights)79NovDec 2025: too few flights (1 flights)DecJan 2026: 94% on time (18 flights)94JanFeb 2026: 95% on time (20 flights)95FebMar 2026: 94% on time (16 flights)94MarApr 2026: too few flights (1 flights)AprMay 2026: 86% on time (29 flights)86MayJun 2026: 92% on time (25 flights)92JunJul 2026: too few flights (14 flights)JulAug 2026: 79% on time (19 flights)79Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday2592%
Tuesday10—
Wednesday18—
Thursday3491%
Friday2879%
Saturday16—
Sunday3494%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 54%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 22%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 19%Security 5%

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Questions

How often is UA 5731 from SBP to LAX late?

United Airlines 5731 from San Luis Obispo, CA to Los Angeles, CA arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 10% of 165 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.6% 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.