Route Reliability
Austin → San Francisco
AUS–SFO · 1,504 miles · Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- 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.United Airlines81%1,675 flights
- 2.Alaska Airlines78%404 flights
- 3.Southwest Airlines69%295 flights
- 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
- Mon74%(414 flights)
- Tue83%(382 flights)
- Wed77%(388 flights)
- Thu76%(408 flights)
- Fri76%(411 flights)
- Sat84%(340 flights)
- Sun71%(408 flights)
- 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)
Jun 71% → May 54% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 71% | 227 |
| July 2025 | 73% | 233 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 249 |
| September 2025 | 84% | 228 |
| October 2025 | 85% | 250 |
| November 2025 | 82% | 248 |
| December 2025 | 84% | 259 |
| January 2026 | 79% | 195 |
| February 2026 | 78% | 181 |
| March 2026 | 86% | 209 |
| April 2026 | 63% | 220 |
| May 2026 | 54% | 252 |
Same trip, other airports
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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.