UA1986 SAN → SFO

United Airlines · San Diego, CA to San Francisco, CA · 103 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-01-05 · 447 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 13% departing 6–9pm.

UA1986 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
78%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+68 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is UA1986 on time?

Across 103 flights on SAN → SFO from 2025-07-01 to 2026-01-05, UA1986 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 78% of the time. The median arrival delay was -3 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +68 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time7978%
16-30 min44%
31-60 min55%
61-120 min66%
2+ hrs77%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073194%0 min
2025-083184%+8 min
2025-092396%+0 min
2025-121118%+57 min
2026-0150%+288 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1573%
Tue1587%
Wed1486%
Thu1377%
Fri1471%
Sat1580%
Sun1573%

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