SFO → DCA United Airlines
United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Washington, DC · 729 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 2 flight numbers
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-10 min
90th percentile
+44 min
Cancellation rate
1%
How on-time is United Airlines from SFO to DCA?
Across every United Airlines flight number on SFO → DCA (729 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -10 min; the worst 10% ran +44 min or later. 1% were cancelled.
Delay distribution
Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 572 | 80% |
| 16-30 min | 43 | 6% |
| 31-60 min | 52 | 7% |
| 61-120 min | 31 | 4% |
| 2+ hrs | 17 | 2% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 55 | 56% | +30 min |
| 2025-08 | 62 | 87% | -1 min |
| 2025-09 | 58 | 79% | +3 min |
| 2025-10 | 62 | 82% | -1 min |
| 2025-11 | 60 | 75% | +10 min |
| 2025-12 | 62 | 90% | -15 min |
| 2026-01 | 59 | 95% | -11 min |
| 2026-02 | 55 | 73% | -1 min |
| 2026-03 | 61 | 85% | -6 min |
| 2026-04 | 60 | 85% | -10 min |
| 2026-05 | 62 | 77% | +5 min |
| 2026-06 | 59 | 71% | +6 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 103 | 80% |
| Tue | 104 | 83% |
| Wed | 102 | 74% |
| Thu | 103 | 76% |
| Fri | 100 | 81% |
| Sat | 101 | 87% |
| Sun | 102 | 80% |
UA flight numbers on SFO → DCA
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