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United Airlines BUR to SFO on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Burbank to San Francisco · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
61%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
9 flights
Avg arrival delay
28 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 62% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on BUR to SFO arrived on time 61% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.6% were cancelled, and 18% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 62% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (68%).

On-time trend by month

20%60%100%July 2025: 73.9% on time, 0.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 81.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 71.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 64.7% on time, 0.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 75.5% on time, 1.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.9% on time, 0.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 74.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 85.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 54.3% on time, 0.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 33.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 34.1% on time, 2.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 44.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion68%
  • Late-arriving aircraft23%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)9%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BUR to SFO

1,592 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 9 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.