DFW → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to San Francisco, CA · 869 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 20 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 51% departing 9am–12pm.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+76 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on DFW → SFO (869 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +76 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time62573%
16-30 min536%
31-60 min708%
61-120 min668%
2+ hrs475%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076175%+31 min
2025-086077%+28 min
2025-096582%+21 min
2025-108381%+2 min
2025-116170%+16 min
2025-127186%0 min
2026-016182%+19 min
2026-025582%-5 min
2026-036298%-15 min
2026-047766%+19 min
2026-059553%+37 min
2026-0611047%+32 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon12968%
Tue11881%
Wed12081%
Thu12866%
Fri12967%
Sat11579%
Sun12267%

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