SBA → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · Santa Barbara, CA to San Francisco, CA · 1,611 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 32 flight numbers

On-time arrival
63%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+73 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on SBA → SFO (1,611 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 63% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +3 min; the worst 10% ran +73 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,00563%
16-30 min19012%
31-60 min18712%
61-120 min1248%
2+ hrs795%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711861%+16 min
2025-0811068%+8 min
2025-0913178%+5 min
2025-1014266%+18 min
2025-1113954%+32 min
2025-1211671%+37 min
2026-0111983%+3 min
2026-0212468%+24 min
2026-0314977%+12 min
2026-0413846%+30 min
2026-0514946%+32 min
2026-0615051%+26 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon23658%
Tue22669%
Wed21658%
Thu22964%
Fri23360%
Sat21773%
Sun22863%

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