Route Reliability
Dallas–Fort Worth → San Francisco
DFW–SFO · 1,464 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- 65%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 20 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.2%
- Cancelled
- 4,063
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.United Airlines76%819 flights
- 2.Frontier Airlines65%174 flights
- 3.American Airlines62%3,070 flights
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
DFW–SFO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 51% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DFW–SFO flights arrived on time 72% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 58%.
United Airlines runs this route best.
United Airlines arrived on time 76% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 62%.
Recent months have been rougher.
DFW–SFO flights arrived on time 60% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
- Mon64%(586 flights)
- Tue72%(525 flights)
- Wed69%(538 flights)
- Thu62%(603 flights)
- Fri67%(593 flights)
- Sat66%(513 flights)
- Sun58%(609 flights)
- 3–6 AM77%(17 flights)
- 6–9 AM85%(869 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM66%(567 flights)
- 12–3 PM71%(427 flights)
- 3–6 PM56%(723 flights)
- 6–9 PM57%(882 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM51%(482 flights)
Jun 60% → May 49% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 60% | 353 |
| July 2025 | 57% | 361 |
| August 2025 | 58% | 328 |
| September 2025 | 76% | 297 |
| October 2025 | 71% | 346 |
| November 2025 | 72% | 321 |
| December 2025 | 68% | 336 |
| January 2026 | 71% | 279 |
| February 2026 | 75% | 289 |
| March 2026 | 80% | 334 |
| April 2026 | 50% | 335 |
| May 2026 | 49% | 388 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 4,063 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.