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Route Reliability

San Francisco → Boise

SFOBOI · 522 miles · San Francisco International Airport to Boise Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
1,825
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines80%1,466 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines76%359 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SFO–BOI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 73% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

SFO–BOI flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 72%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 76%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,825 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

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
  • Mon72%(269 flights)
  • Tue82%(255 flights)
  • Wed81%(259 flights)
  • Thu77%(264 flights)
  • Fri77%(268 flights)
  • Sat83%(243 flights)
  • Sun81%(259 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(183 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(176 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(476 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(334 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(571 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM91%(77 flights)
On-time trend by month
62%
May

Jun 88% → May 62% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%148
July 202575%145
August 202574%144
September 202582%143
October 202581%155
November 202586%145
December 202569%150
January 202681%151
February 202682%131
March 202689%178
April 202679%162
May 202662%165

Based on 1,825 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.