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).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 557 | 77% |
| 16-30 min | 56 | 8% |
| 31-60 min | 50 | 7% |
| 61-120 min | 28 | 4% |
| 2+ hrs | 29 | 4% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 58 | 72% | +30 min |
| 2025-08 | 62 | 89% | -5 min |
| 2025-09 | 59 | 86% | 0 min |
| 2025-10 | 62 | 68% | +10 min |
| 2025-11 | 60 | 82% | +4 min |
| 2025-12 | 62 | 79% | +10 min |
| 2026-01 | 59 | 90% | -6 min |
| 2026-02 | 55 | 67% | +4 min |
| 2026-03 | 62 | 92% | -16 min |
| 2026-04 | 60 | 75% | +10 min |
| 2026-05 | 62 | 71% | +5 min |
| 2026-06 | 59 | 56% | +37 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 101 | 77% |
| Tue | 106 | 83% |
| Wed | 102 | 78% |
| Thu | 104 | 67% |
| Fri | 103 | 73% |
| Sat | 102 | 82% |
| Sun | 102 | 80% |
UA flight numbers on DCA → SFO
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