Airline head-to-head
Southwest Airlines vs United Airlines
Source: US DOT · BTSOn-time = arrival within 15 min
UA is more on-time — 78% vs 76%.
Southwest Airlines
on-time
- p90 delay
- 40 min
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- On time76%
- 15–59 min16%
- 1–2 hr4%
- 2 hr+2%
1,392,049 flights
more on-time
United Airlines
on-time
- p90 delay
- 45 min
- Cancelled
- 1.0%
- On time78%
- 15–59 min13%
- 1–2 hr4%
- 2 hr+3%
814,574 flights
Last 12 months · system-wide · on-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).