United Airlines DFW to SFO on-time performance
United Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to San Francisco · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
8 flights
Avg arrival delay
25 min
82 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 61% on time
Key facts
- United Airlines flights on DFW to SFO arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 61% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (40%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion40%
- Late-arriving aircraft35%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)23%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to SFO
- American Airlines58% on time · 29 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines55% on time · 28 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines76% on time · 8 min avg delay
Full DFW to SFO comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →
892 United 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.