SFO → LAX United Airlines

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Los Angeles, CA · 3,596 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 85 flight numbers

On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+35 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on SFO → LAX (3,596 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +35 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,85780%
16-30 min3209%
31-60 min2246%
61-120 min1314%
2+ hrs542%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0726978%+9 min
2025-0828079%+7 min
2025-0929487%-1 min
2025-1030579%+3 min
2025-1128878%+8 min
2025-1229672%+11 min
2026-0127986%+2 min
2026-0228778%+5 min
2026-0335289%0 min
2026-0432681%+2 min
2026-0531675%+5 min
2026-0629474%+6 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon51980%
Tue50783%
Wed50583%
Thu52975%
Fri53279%
Sat50182%
Sun49375%

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