OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Ontario to San Francisco

363 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ONT–SFO arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights

based on 1,036 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • United Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights1,036

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline18%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)56%
  • Late aircraft24%
  • Security0%

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

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline50%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)50%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 4 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 ONT → SFO

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 64% to 78% on time.

  • Mornings78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,384 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 55 min · 504 flights
  • Middays71% on time · p90 50 min · 1,336 flights
  • Overnights68% on time · p90 65 min · 271 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 75 min · 804 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 79% on time.

  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 543 flights
  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 546 flights
  • Wednesdays75% on time · p90 45 min · 555 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 55 min · 678 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 55 min · 643 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 55 min · 663 flights
  • Mondays65% on time · p90 75 min · 671 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.