SNA → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · Santa Ana, CA to San Francisco, CA · 2,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 40 flight numbers

This route has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-06's on-time rate (47%) is well below the 74% average from earlier months.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+60 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on SNA → SFO (2,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +60 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,53471%
16-30 min1708%
31-60 min23711%
61-120 min1366%
2+ hrs733%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0718478%+6 min
2025-0819184%-1 min
2025-0919980%-1 min
2025-1020679%+7 min
2025-1120470%+18 min
2025-1218375%+12 min
2026-0115785%+1 min
2026-0213679%+17 min
2026-0315391%-7 min
2026-0417550%+31 min
2026-0518340%+31 min
2026-0617947%+33 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon31369%
Tue31179%
Wed31470%
Thu30570%
Fri31171%
Sat28579%
Sun31160%

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