UA1871 SAN → SFO

United Airlines · San Diego, CA to San Francisco, CA · 179 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-01-05 · 447 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-01's on-time rate (20%) is well below the 78% average from earlier months.

UA1871 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SAN → SFO, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+83 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA1871 on time?

Across 179 flights on SAN → SFO from 2025-07-01 to 2026-01-05, UA1871 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 77% of the time. The median arrival delay was -6 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +83 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time13677%
16-30 min63%
31-60 min137%
61-120 min127%
2+ hrs106%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072471%+46 min
2025-082785%+4 min
2025-093090%+21 min
2025-103184%+3 min
2025-112969%+25 min
2025-123171%+12 min
2026-01520%+94 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2572%
Tue2785%
Wed2781%
Thu2560%
Fri2669%
Sat2090%
Sun2781%

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