Southwest Airlines BUR to SFO on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Burbank to San Francisco · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
39%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
8 flights
Avg arrival delay
36 min
57 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 3
route average 62% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on BUR to SFO arrived on time 39% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.9% were cancelled, and 18% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 62% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (64%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion64%
- Late-arriving aircraft22%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)12%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on BUR to SFO
- United Airlines61% on time · 28 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines73% on time · 23 min avg delay
Full BUR to SFO comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
426 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 8 cancelled, 1 diverted.
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.