OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Boise to San Francisco

522 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BOI–SFO arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,659 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • United Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights217
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights1,442

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline32%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)44%
  • Late aircraft21%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline13%
  • Weather38%
  • Air traffic (NAS)50%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 8 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BOI → SFO

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Afternoons are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 83% on time.

  • Afternoons83% on time · p90 30 min · 577 flights
  • Evenings76% on time · p90 60 min · 1,157 flights
  • Mornings76% on time · p90 45 min · 2,074 flights
  • Middays74% on time · p90 55 min · 948 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 83% on time.

  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 665 flights
  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 669 flights
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 45 min · 672 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 50 min · 695 flights
  • Wednesdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 677 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 45 min · 693 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 60 min · 687 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.