DCA → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · Washington, DC to San Francisco, CA · 729 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 4 flight numbers

On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+46 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is United Airlines from DCA to SFO?

Across every United Airlines flight number on DCA → SFO (729 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +46 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time55777%
16-30 min568%
31-60 min507%
61-120 min284%
2+ hrs294%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075872%+30 min
2025-086289%-5 min
2025-095986%0 min
2025-106268%+10 min
2025-116082%+4 min
2025-126279%+10 min
2026-015990%-6 min
2026-025567%+4 min
2026-036292%-16 min
2026-046075%+10 min
2026-056271%+5 min
2026-065956%+37 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon10177%
Tue10683%
Wed10278%
Thu10467%
Fri10373%
Sat10282%
Sun10280%

UA flight numbers on DCA → SFO

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