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Airport month · February 2025
San Francisco International in February 2025
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 9,936 domestic departures from San Francisco International (SFO). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so SFO departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 9,632 departures with 71.2% leaving on time: a change of +8.1 points, with flights up 3%.
Flights arriving at SFO that month were on time 72.2% of the time (9,939 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 81.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.3%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | SFO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.3% | 71.2% | 75.1% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 81.1% | 73.7% | 75.6% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 1.8% | 1.0% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.7 min | 22.9 min | 17.8 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 331 | 321 | 404 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 9,936 | 9,632 | 147,566 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 3,956 | 40% | 85.8% | -3.6 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,433 | 24% | 78.3% | 4.9 min | 2.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 899 | 9% | 81.2% | 0.1 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 811 | 8% | 82.1% | 5.0 min | 0.6% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 648 | 7% | 73.9% | 6.1 min | 2.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 533 | 5% | 73.0% | 9.8 min | 0.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 327 | 3% | 71.9% | 20.9 min | 1.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 277 | 3% | 81.2% | -8.2 min | 1.8% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 52 | 1% | 71.2% | 5.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO–LAX | San Francisco to Los Angeles | 816 | 78.6% | 10.6 min | 0.2% |
| SFO–SEA | San Francisco to Seattle | 482 | 77.0% | 4.0 min | 2.3% |
| SFO–LAS | San Francisco to Las Vegas | 466 | 77.0% | 8.9 min | 0.6% |
| SFO–SAN | San Francisco to San Diego | 453 | 77.3% | 7.8 min | 1.5% |
| SFO–JFK | San Francisco to New York | 448 | 81.9% | -10.8 min | 1.1% |
| SFO–DEN | San Francisco to Denver | 439 | 81.8% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| SFO–PHX | San Francisco to Phoenix | 381 | 78.0% | 7.9 min | 0.3% |
| SFO–ORD | San Francisco to Chicago | 298 | 84.6% | -7.2 min | 0.7% |
| SFO–DFW | San Francisco to Dallas/Fort Worth | 291 | 82.8% | 8.4 min | 1.0% |
| SFO–EWR | San Francisco to Newark | 290 | 85.2% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
| SFO–SLC | San Francisco to Salt Lake City | 283 | 79.2% | 3.7 min | 0.4% |
| SFO–SNA | San Francisco to Santa Ana | 270 | 77.8% | 5.6 min | 3.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SFO on time in February 2025?
79.3% of 9,936 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 71.2% of 9,632 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 79.3% and 1.1% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SFO · methodology · corrections.