DEN → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · Denver, CO to San Francisco, CA · 3,373 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 39 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 95% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 50% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+59 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on DEN → SFO (3,373 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +59 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,43372%
16-30 min3169%
31-60 min2848%
61-120 min1936%
2+ hrs1324%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0728665%+22 min
2025-0828976%+12 min
2025-0927183%+2 min
2025-1027878%+5 min
2025-1126774%+9 min
2025-1227869%+16 min
2026-0127981%+6 min
2026-0225076%+7 min
2026-0327887%-5 min
2026-0427169%+13 min
2026-0530961%+16 min
2026-0630253%+29 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon48070%
Tue48380%
Wed47876%
Thu48066%
Fri48270%
Sat47977%
Sun47667%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…