SFO → BOS United Airlines

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Boston, MA · 1,866 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 21 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -9 min, while the worst 10% run +52 min or later.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+52 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on SFO → BOS (1,866 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +52 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,46980%
16-30 min1056%
31-60 min1096%
61-120 min885%
2+ hrs734%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0715479%+11 min
2025-0815986%+1 min
2025-0916769%+18 min
2025-1016575%+16 min
2025-1113880%+8 min
2025-1213484%+0 min
2026-0112182%0 min
2026-0211186%0 min
2026-0314377%+6 min
2026-0416780%-3 min
2026-0518579%-4 min
2026-0620082%-7 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon26981%
Tue24683%
Wed24477%
Thu27777%
Fri28177%
Sat25685%
Sun27179%

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