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Flight Reliability

UA 5951 · United Airlines

SBP → San Francisco (SBPSFO)

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
4 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 351 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Mondays have been rough.

UA 5951 arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays and just 64% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the SBP–SFO route.

UA 5951 arrived on time 72% of the time, versus 66% across the SBP–SFO route.

Lagging the United Airlines network.

UA 5951 arrived on time 72% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 351 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon64%(50 flights)
  • Tue80%(50 flights)
  • Wed66%(50 flights)
  • Thu76%(50 flights)
  • Fri70%(50 flights)
  • Sat74%(50 flights)
  • Sun73%(51 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 83% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%30
July 202587%31
August 202587%31
September 202585%27
October 202577%31
November 202577%30
December 202571%31
January 202671%31
February 202650%28
March 202674%31
April 202620%30
May 202680%20
Departures on time
78%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
351
Months covered
12

Based on 351 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.