UA5871 OMA → SFO

United Airlines · Omaha, NE to San Francisco, CA · 53 flights observed, 2025-10-26 to 2025-12-17 · 1,433 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Fridays vs. 50% on Saturdays.

UA5871 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for OMA → SFO, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
81%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+56 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is UA5871 on time?

Across 53 flights on OMA → SFO from 2025-10-26 to 2025-12-17, UA5871 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 81% of the time. The median arrival delay was -3 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +56 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time4281%
16-30 min36%
31-60 min24%
61-120 min48%
2+ hrs12%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-106100%-11 min
2025-112976%+9 min
2025-121782%+7 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon875%
Tue888%
Wed888%
Thu786%
Fri7100%
Sat650%
Sun875%

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