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Route Reliability

Ontario → San Francisco

ONTSFO · 363 miles · Ontario International Airport to San Francisco International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
1,274
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines72%1,113 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines51%161 flights

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

ONT–SFO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 45% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

ONT–SFO flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays and just 62% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 72% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 51%.

Recent months have been rougher.

ONT–SFO flights arrived on time 63% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon62%(204 flights)
  • Tue80%(151 flights)
  • Wed71%(151 flights)
  • Thu67%(184 flights)
  • Fri68%(206 flights)
  • Sat79%(158 flights)
  • Sun67%(209 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(344 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM45%(111 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(341 flights)
  • 6–9 PM53%(349 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(118 flights)
On-time trend by month
44%
May

Jun 84% → May 44% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%103
July 202575%104
August 202572%108
September 202566%108
October 202558%114
November 202576%103
December 202576%102
January 202683%92
February 202672%79
March 202691%101
April 202654%124
May 202644%125

Based on 1,274 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.