UA589 IAH → SFO

United Airlines · Houston, TX to San Francisco, CA · 300 flights observed, 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30 · 1,635 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-06's on-time rate (57%) is well below the 84% average from earlier months.

UA589 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for IAH → SFO, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
81%
Median delay
-11 min
90th percentile
+43 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is UA589 on time?

Across 300 flights on IAH → SFO from 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30, UA589 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 81% of the time. The median arrival delay was -11 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +43 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time24481%
16-30 min124%
31-60 min196%
61-120 min134%
2+ hrs124%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-081385%-7 min
2025-093090%-1 min
2025-103194%-2 min
2025-113083%-5 min
2025-121573%+18 min
2026-013190%-8 min
2026-022889%-4 min
2026-033190%-8 min
2026-043073%+9 min
2026-053168%+12 min
2026-063057%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon4381%
Tue4393%
Wed4281%
Thu4372%
Fri4372%
Sat4384%
Sun4386%

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