SMF → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · Sacramento, CA to San Francisco, CA · 1,378 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 16 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 90% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 45% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
66%
Median delay
0 min
90th percentile
+61 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on SMF → SFO (1,378 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 66% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay 0 min; the worst 10% ran +61 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time89466%
16-30 min15311%
31-60 min16612%
61-120 min856%
2+ hrs564%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711378%+7 min
2025-0811369%+13 min
2025-0911865%+12 min
2025-1014566%+11 min
2025-1110655%+23 min
2025-1210467%+33 min
2026-0111276%+18 min
2026-0211166%+41 min
2026-0311479%-2 min
2026-0411861%+18 min
2026-0511055%+23 min
2026-069053%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19758%
Tue19574%
Wed20063%
Thu19765%
Fri19559%
Sat18077%
Sun19066%

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