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).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time57280%
16-30 min436%
31-60 min527%
61-120 min314%
2+ hrs172%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075556%+30 min
2025-086287%-1 min
2025-095879%+3 min
2025-106282%-1 min
2025-116075%+10 min
2025-126290%-15 min
2026-015995%-11 min
2026-025573%-1 min
2026-036185%-6 min
2026-046085%-10 min
2026-056277%+5 min
2026-065971%+6 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon10380%
Tue10483%
Wed10274%
Thu10376%
Fri10081%
Sat10187%
Sun10280%

UA flight numbers on SFO → DCA

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