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SFO → IAD

San Francisco International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport

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How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
83.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.6%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
63 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,690
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 42%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 40%
  • Air traffic control & airport 18%
  • Extreme weather 0%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 81.1% 206
October 2025 89.0% 247
November 2025 86.0% 229
December 2025 86.5% 245
January 2026 89.1% 209
February 2026 92.1% 189
March 2026 86.7% 209
April 2026 83.9% 231
May 2026 83.2% 268
June 2026 72.6% 234
July 2026 76.9% 209
August 2026 68.9% 214

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

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
United Airlines 2,690 83.0% 0.6% 63 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • UA1849

    16% late · 344 flights

  • UA1453

    14% late · 298 flights

  • UA1870

    13% late · 241 flights

  • UA336

    25% late · 238 flights

  • UA1791

    31% late · 121 flights

  • UA2111

    12% late · 120 flights

  • UA2837

    30% late · 103 flights

  • UA755

    31% late · 98 flights

  • UA357

    30% late · 82 flights

  • UA1083

    21% late · 73 flights

  • UA1140

    1% late · 72 flights

  • UA1986

    17% late · 59 flights

  • UA2351

    13% late · 55 flights

  • UA2409

    13% late · 55 flights

  • UA2027

    25% late · 53 flights

  • UA450

    12% late · 53 flights

  • UA705

    0% late · 39 flights

  • UA1354

    30% late · 37 flights

  • UA233

    0% late · 37 flights

  • UA2274

    34% late · 35 flights

  • UA2117

    3% late · 32 flights

  • UA1288

    6% late · 31 flights

  • UA1997

    17% late · 31 flights

  • UA2241

    0% late · 31 flights

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