ORD → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA · 3,813 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 72 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -1 min, while the worst 10% run +70 min or later.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+70 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on ORD → SFO (3,813 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +70 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,65870%
16-30 min3419%
31-60 min3309%
61-120 min2497%
2+ hrs1945%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0731666%+18 min
2025-0830975%+12 min
2025-0931678%+7 min
2025-1033675%+10 min
2025-1131270%+18 min
2025-1230767%+20 min
2026-0127476%+10 min
2026-0225076%+7 min
2026-0329883%+3 min
2026-0433966%+18 min
2026-0536864%+22 min
2026-0634754%+30 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon56267%
Tue52979%
Wed52068%
Thu55371%
Fri55869%
Sat49974%
Sun55166%

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