SEA → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · Seattle, WA to San Francisco, CA · 2,296 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 59 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 52% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+68 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on SEA → SFO (2,296 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 69% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +68 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,57069%
16-30 min2099%
31-60 min23310%
61-120 min1667%
2+ hrs954%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0720378%+7 min
2025-0819982%+6 min
2025-0918684%-1 min
2025-1020379%+6 min
2025-1121477%+7 min
2025-1219872%+13 min
2026-0114979%+8 min
2026-0215380%+14 min
2026-0317586%+3 min
2026-0415140%+30 min
2026-0521343%+37 min
2026-0622935%+38 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon34264%
Tue30877%
Wed32667%
Thu33167%
Fri34163%
Sat29377%
Sun33270%

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