UA5579 SFO → SEA

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Seattle, WA · 113 flights observed, 2026-01-06 to 2026-06-29 · 679 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Tuesdays vs. 38% on Mondays.

UA5579 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SFO → SEA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+55 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA5579 on time?

Across 113 flights on SFO → SEA from 2026-01-06 to 2026-06-29, UA5579 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 73% of the time. The median arrival delay was -8 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +55 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time8273%
16-30 min76%
31-60 min1513%
61-120 min54%
2+ hrs33%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2026-011794%-12 min
2026-022488%-2 min
2026-032889%-6 min
2026-041100%-38 min
2026-052646%+19 min
2026-061644%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1638%
Tue15100%
Wed1392%
Thu2162%
Fri2171%
Sat1090%
Sun1675%

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