STL → SFO Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · St. Louis, MO to San Francisco, CA · 342 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 17 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 78% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 23% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
64%
Median delay
+4 min
90th percentile
+81 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from STL to SFO?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on STL → SFO (342 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 64% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +4 min; the worst 10% ran +81 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time21764%
16-30 min3911%
31-60 min3310%
61-120 min4413%
2+ hrs82%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073168%+12 min
2025-083073%+7 min
2025-093077%+4 min
2025-103148%+29 min
2025-112785%+2 min
2025-122969%+14 min
2026-012789%0 min
2026-022767%+13 min
2026-032793%-1 min
2026-042650%+26 min
2026-052635%+47 min
2026-063013%+56 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5263%
Tue5372%
Wed5260%
Thu5161%
Fri5269%
Sat3063%
Sun5157%

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