PDX → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · Portland, OR to San Francisco, CA · 2,040 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 53 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 95% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 56% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+52 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on PDX → SFO (2,040 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +52 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,48473%
16-30 min19810%
31-60 min1869%
61-120 min985%
2+ hrs683%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0718581%+1 min
2025-0818984%+4 min
2025-0919877%+5 min
2025-1021977%+5 min
2025-1116473%+12 min
2025-1212877%+7 min
2026-0113685%+4 min
2026-0213372%+11 min
2026-0315687%-3 min
2026-0418053%+27 min
2026-0517453%+28 min
2026-0617258%+22 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon30573%
Tue28079%
Wed27670%
Thu30168%
Fri29971%
Sat27382%
Sun30069%

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