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United Airlines PHX to SFO on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.5%
7 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
61 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 6
route average 66% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on PHX to SFO arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.5% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 66% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (60%).

On-time trend by month

20%60%100%July 2025: 76.1% on time, 1.1% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 78.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 84.5% on time, 0.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 80.0% on time, 4.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 84.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 83.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 85.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 88.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 52.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 46.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 37.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 42.7% 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 congestion60%
  • Late-arriving aircraft23%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)16%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHX to SFO

Full PHX to SFO comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →

1,475 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 7 cancelled, 0 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.