Route
DFW → SFO
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport San Francisco International Airport
Alerts at DFW and SFO
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 60.8%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 2.2%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 70 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 4,264
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 40%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 28%
- Air traffic control & airport 26%
- Extreme weather 5%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 76.4% | 302 |
| October 2025 | 69.9% | 354 |
| November 2025 | 71.3% | 326 |
| December 2025 | 67.0% | 337 |
| January 2026 | 70.3% | 312 |
| February 2026 | 74.4% | 291 |
| March 2026 | 79.3% | 337 |
| April 2026 | 49.0% | 337 |
| May 2026 | 48.5% | 401 |
| June 2026 | 36.9% | 424 |
| July 2026 | 46.6% | 422 |
| August 2026 | 57.4% | 421 |
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Airlines on this route
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 3,096 | 58.2% | 2.6% | 70 min |
| United Airlines | 914 | 70.2% | 0.7% | 79 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 219 | 53.6% | 3.7% | 60 min |
| SkyWest Airlines | 35 | 85.7% | 0.0% | 35 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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AA1949
20% late · 315 flights
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AA1430
51% late · 284 flights
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AA446
50% late · 231 flights
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UA790
9% late · 214 flights
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AA1996
23% late · 213 flights
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F93999
48% late · 213 flights
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AA2810
59% late · 207 flights
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AA2387
46% late · 197 flights
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AA1175
43% late · 180 flights
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AA701
36% late · 178 flights
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UA1184
36% late · 159 flights
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AA2430
53% late · 147 flights
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AA2997
46% late · 142 flights
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AA825
31% late · 125 flights
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UA1712
64% late · 100 flights
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AA810
35% late · 95 flights
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UA1390
7% late · 84 flights
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AA1849
49% late · 76 flights
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AA3072
61% late · 76 flights
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AA2228
78% late · 73 flights
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AA1005
30% late · 55 flights
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AA2177
33% late · 55 flights
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UA2413
44% late · 55 flights
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UA2330
27% late · 51 flights
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