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
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).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 293 | 72% |
| 16-30 min | 39 | 10% |
| 31-60 min | 31 | 8% |
| 61-120 min | 20 | 5% |
| 2+ hrs | 22 | 5% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 49 | 80% | +4 min |
| 2025-08 | 31 | 71% | +16 min |
| 2025-09 | 30 | 93% | -15 min |
| 2025-10 | 31 | 84% | +12 min |
| 2025-11 | 30 | 67% | +25 min |
| 2025-12 | 31 | 61% | +50 min |
| 2026-01 | 31 | 61% | +12 min |
| 2026-02 | 28 | 61% | +15 min |
| 2026-03 | 30 | 80% | +14 min |
| 2026-04 | 30 | 90% | +0 min |
| 2026-05 | 38 | 79% | +7 min |
| 2026-06 | 46 | 48% | +35 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 61 | 69% |
| Tue | 52 | 87% |
| Wed | 56 | 75% |
| Thu | 61 | 62% |
| Fri | 61 | 66% |
| Sat | 52 | 79% |
| Sun | 62 | 73% |
UA flight numbers on DTW → SFO
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