DTW → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · Detroit, MI to San Francisco, CA · 411 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 12 flight numbers

This route has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-06's on-time rate (48%) is well below the 75% average from earlier months.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+61 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on DTW → SFO (411 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +61 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time29372%
16-30 min3910%
31-60 min318%
61-120 min205%
2+ hrs225%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-074980%+4 min
2025-083171%+16 min
2025-093093%-15 min
2025-103184%+12 min
2025-113067%+25 min
2025-123161%+50 min
2026-013161%+12 min
2026-022861%+15 min
2026-033080%+14 min
2026-043090%+0 min
2026-053879%+7 min
2026-064648%+35 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon6169%
Tue5287%
Wed5675%
Thu6162%
Fri6166%
Sat5279%
Sun6273%

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