UA1609 IAH → SFO

United Airlines · Houston, TX to San Francisco, CA · 243 flights observed, 2025-07-02 to 2026-06-30 · 1,635 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 85% on-time departing 9pm–12am vs. 41% departing 6–9pm.

UA1609 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for IAH → SFO, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
79%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+39 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA1609 on time?

Across 243 flights on IAH → SFO from 2025-07-02 to 2026-06-30, UA1609 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 79% of the time. The median arrival delay was -4 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +39 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time18979%
16-30 min2310%
31-60 min167%
61-120 min73%
2+ hrs52%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072143%+42 min
2025-082669%+7 min
2025-092496%-9 min
2025-10683%+4 min
2025-112990%-4 min
2025-1210%+39 min
2026-021776%-5 min
2026-032896%-19 min
2026-043080%+4 min
2026-052886%+8 min
2026-063067%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon3765%
Tue2789%
Wed3786%
Thu3675%
Fri3672%
Sat2997%
Sun3874%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…