SFO → DTW United Airlines
United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Detroit, MI · 409 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 22 flight numbers
On-time arrival
84%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+26 min
Cancellation rate
1%
How on-time is United Airlines from SFO to DTW?
Across every United Airlines flight number on SFO → DTW (409 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 84% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +26 min or later. 1% were cancelled.
Delay distribution
Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 341 | 84% |
| 16-30 min | 28 | 7% |
| 31-60 min | 14 | 3% |
| 61-120 min | 17 | 4% |
| 2+ hrs | 6 | 1% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 50 | 70% | +10 min |
| 2025-08 | 30 | 83% | +8 min |
| 2025-09 | 30 | 90% | -4 min |
| 2025-10 | 31 | 94% | -11 min |
| 2025-11 | 30 | 80% | 0 min |
| 2025-12 | 31 | 74% | +5 min |
| 2026-01 | 31 | 71% | +10 min |
| 2026-02 | 28 | 89% | -4 min |
| 2026-03 | 31 | 81% | +2 min |
| 2026-04 | 30 | 93% | -12 min |
| 2026-05 | 38 | 92% | -3 min |
| 2026-06 | 46 | 93% | -10 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 55 | 85% |
| Tue | 52 | 83% |
| Wed | 62 | 89% |
| Thu | 62 | 79% |
| Fri | 55 | 80% |
| Sat | 58 | 90% |
| Sun | 62 | 82% |
UA flight numbers on SFO → DTW
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