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United Airlines BWI to SFO on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
51 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on BWI to SFO arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.9% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (48%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 74.7% on time, 1.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 76.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 87.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 92.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 84.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 71.7% on time, 1.8% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 77.4% on time, 5.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 77.6% on time, 2.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 88.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 70.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 58.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 62.7% on time, 1.9% 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 congestion48%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Late-arriving aircraft23%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BWI to SFO

689 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 cancelled, 2 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.