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Route Reliability

San Francisco → FAT

SFO–FAT · 158 miles · San Francisco International Airport to FAT Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
1,305
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 1,305 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SFO–FAT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 72% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SFO–FAT flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 72%.

Trending in the right direction.

SFO–FAT flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 65% 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
  • Mon78%(189 flights)
  • Tue86%(181 flights)
  • Wed82%(182 flights)
  • Thu76%(188 flights)
  • Fri72%(185 flights)
  • Sat82%(168 flights)
  • Sun79%(192 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(158 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(306 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(118 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(217 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(379 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM72%(107 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 91% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202591%119
July 202583%119
August 202586%116
September 202587%119
October 202583%143
November 202581%112
December 202562%78
January 202674%87
February 202661%84
March 202685%94
April 202672%107
May 202673%107

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Based on 1,305 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.