PlainFlights
SFO

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, California

Data coverage: 2020 — 2024

Total Flights

1,177,770

On-Time Rate

81.6%

Avg Delay

72.4 min

Delayed

216,864

Cancelled

11,325

Delay Causes

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft

Late Aircraft 41.8%
Carrier 38.8%
NAS (National Aviation System) 16.0%
Weather 3.2%
Security 0.1%

Monthly Performance

Recent 24 months of flight data.

Period Flights Dep Delayed Arr Delayed Cancelled Diverted
Dec 2024 24,204 2,705 3,032 88 34
Nov 2024 24,347 2,578 3,233 144 17
Oct 2024 25,134 2,022 2,273 41 26
Sep 2024 23,540 1,949 2,278 38 27
Aug 2024 24,077 2,529 2,858 108 42
Jul 2024 23,656 2,728 2,855 282 36
Jun 2024 20,519 2,616 3,271 69 36
May 2024 21,965 3,073 4,521 93 31
Apr 2024 21,266 3,067 4,564 86 19
Mar 2024 21,814 3,173 4,578 93 24
Feb 2024 19,270 2,598 3,663 177 22
Jan 2024 20,261 2,086 2,537 574 25
Dec 2023 22,095 2,142 2,185 27 28
Nov 2023 22,370 1,609 1,691 12 25
Oct 2023 23,569 1,747 1,981 41 19
Sep 2023 23,104 1,841 2,294 75 25
Aug 2023 24,374 2,379 2,583 133 22
Jul 2023 24,396 2,912 3,164 172 43
Jun 2023 23,461 2,768 2,994 222 44
May 2023 23,762 2,253 2,617 59 15
Apr 2023 21,817 1,897 2,283 110 27
Mar 2023 22,510 3,050 3,858 236 33
Feb 2023 19,416 1,788 2,189 127 21
Jan 2023 20,541 2,468 2,823 245 19

Top Routes

Busiest routes to and from SFO.

Route Flights On-Time Distance
LAX (Los Angeles) → SFO (San Francisco) 52,713 79.8% 337 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → LAX (Los Angeles) 52,694 83.8% 337 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → SEA (Seattle) 30,750 83.5% 679 mi
SEA (Seattle) → SFO (San Francisco) 30,728 80.2% 679 mi
JFK (New York) → SFO (San Francisco) 28,779 82.8% 2,586 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → JFK (New York) 28,779 83.7% 2,586 mi
SAN (San Diego) → SFO (San Francisco) 27,901 78.7% 447 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → SAN (San Diego) 27,794 82.2% 447 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → LAS (Las Vegas) 25,496 78.4% 414 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → SFO (San Francisco) 25,455 75.9% 414 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → DEN (Denver) 23,249 82.6% 967 mi
DEN (Denver) → SFO (San Francisco) 23,220 76.2% 967 mi
ORD (Chicago) → SFO (San Francisco) 21,123 79.9% 1,846 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → ORD (Chicago) 21,098 84.7% 1,846 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → SFO (San Francisco) 20,015 79.1% 651 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → PHX (Phoenix) 19,896 83% 651 mi
EWR (Newark) → SFO (San Francisco) 17,686 76.8% 2,565 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → EWR (Newark) 17,674 78.2% 2,565 mi
SNA (Santa Ana) → SFO (San Francisco) 17,448 81.9% 372 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → SNA (Santa Ana) 17,430 84.9% 372 mi
Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance Data. Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods.