UA5279 SFO → MCI

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Kansas City, MO · 31 flights observed, 2025-09-25 to 2025-10-25 · 1,499 mi

This flight has been getting more reliable recently — 2025-10's on-time rate (76%) is well above the 50% average from earlier months.

UA5279 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SFO → MCI, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+41 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is UA5279 on time?

Across 31 flights on SFO → MCI from 2025-09-25 to 2025-10-25, UA5279 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 71% of the time. The median arrival delay was -3 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +41 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2271%
16-30 min310%
31-60 min310%
61-120 min310%
2+ hrs00%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-09650%+26 min
2025-102576%+1 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon450%
Tue4100%
Wed475%
Thu560%
Fri580%
Sat560%
Sun475%

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