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Route Reliability

Austin → San Francisco

AUSSFO · 1,504 miles · Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to San Francisco International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
2,781
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines81%1,675 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines78%404 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines69%295 flights
  4. 4.Delta Air Lines67%407 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

AUS–SFO flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AUS–SFO flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 71%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 67%.

Recent months have been rougher.

AUS–SFO flights arrived on time 67% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(414 flights)
  • Tue83%(382 flights)
  • Wed77%(388 flights)
  • Thu76%(408 flights)
  • Fri76%(411 flights)
  • Sat84%(340 flights)
  • Sun71%(408 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(88 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(673 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(746 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(359 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(622 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(263 flights)
On-time trend by month
54%
May

Jun 71% → May 54% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%227
July 202573%233
August 202587%249
September 202584%228
October 202585%250
November 202582%248
December 202584%259
January 202679%195
February 202678%181
March 202686%209
April 202663%220
May 202654%252

Based on 2,781 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.