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United Airlines SFO to STL on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to St. Louis · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.0%
0 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
54 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 64% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on SFO to STL arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 64% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (57%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 68.6% on time, 1.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 83.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 91.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 79.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 88.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25February 2026: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26May 2026: 72.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 83.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 67.7% 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

  • Late-arriving aircraft57%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SFO to STL

183 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 0 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.