IAD → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · Washington, DC to San Francisco, CA · 2,688 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 22 flight numbers

On-time arrival
79%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+44 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on IAD → SFO (2,688 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 79% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +44 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,11079%
16-30 min1957%
31-60 min1455%
61-120 min1064%
2+ hrs1044%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0720372%+17 min
2025-0821485%+1 min
2025-0920687%-4 min
2025-1024483%+3 min
2025-1122883%+0 min
2025-1224469%+20 min
2026-0119879%+12 min
2026-0218979%+10 min
2026-0320588%-5 min
2026-0422982%+4 min
2026-0526780%+5 min
2026-0623366%+15 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon38776%
Tue36686%
Wed37080%
Thu39078%
Fri39275%
Sat37482%
Sun38179%

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