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Route Reliability

Everett → San Francisco

PAESFO · 710 miles · Seattle Paine Field International Airport to San Francisco International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
64%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
619
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Alaska Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 64% of the time across 619 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PAE–SFO flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 36% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

PAE–SFO flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Saturdays and just 58% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

PAE–SFO flights arrived on time 44% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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
  • Mon66%(90 flights)
  • Tue67%(88 flights)
  • Wed58%(86 flights)
  • Thu58%(90 flights)
  • Fri64%(91 flights)
  • Sat77%(68 flights)
  • Sun65%(94 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM66%(230 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(99 flights)
  • 12–3 PM55%(126 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(110 flights)
  • 6–9 PM36%(42 flights)
On-time trend by month
34%
May

Jun 93% → May 34% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202593%59
July 202573%62
August 202571%61
September 202562%60
October 202560%60
November 202565%52
December 202577%30
January 202682%27
February 202674%35
March 202675%52
April 202623%53
May 202634%56

Based on 619 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.