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Airport month · March 2025
San Francisco International in March 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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,887 domestic departures from San Francisco International (SFO). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so SFO departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 10,894 departures with 70.0% leaving on time: a change of +10.6 points, with flights up 9%.
Flights arriving at SFO that month were on time 75.1% of the time (11,899 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 80.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | SFO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.6% | 70.0% | 75.1% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 80.3% | 70.7% | 75.6% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.2 min | 21.0 min | 17.8 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 396 | 363 | 404 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,887 | 10,894 | 147,566 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 4,610 | 39% | 83.3% | -0.4 min | 0.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 3,018 | 25% | 77.1% | 8.4 min | 1.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,082 | 9% | 83.4% | 2.7 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 982 | 8% | 80.8% | 7.1 min | 0.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 778 | 7% | 76.3% | 8.5 min | 0.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 644 | 5% | 75.3% | 12.4 min | 0.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 387 | 3% | 72.1% | 12.9 min | 2.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 312 | 3% | 84.3% | -2.8 min | 0.3% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 74 | 1% | 82.4% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO–LAX | San Francisco to Los Angeles | 917 | 79.4% | 6.6 min | 0.2% |
| SFO–SEA | San Francisco to Seattle | 553 | 77.8% | 3.8 min | 0.4% |
| SFO–SAN | San Francisco to San Diego | 539 | 76.3% | 9.7 min | 0.4% |
| SFO–LAS | San Francisco to Las Vegas | 534 | 77.2% | 9.4 min | 0.6% |
| SFO–JFK | San Francisco to New York | 522 | 80.7% | 6.2 min | 0.2% |
| SFO–PHX | San Francisco to Phoenix | 479 | 77.0% | 13.2 min | 0.2% |
| SFO–DEN | San Francisco to Denver | 470 | 82.6% | -1.4 min | 0.6% |
| SFO–ORD | San Francisco to Chicago | 395 | 81.3% | 1.7 min | 0.0% |
| SFO–EWR | San Francisco to Newark | 356 | 78.7% | 4.3 min | 0.0% |
| SFO–DFW | San Francisco to Dallas/Fort Worth | 343 | 72.0% | 15.8 min | 2.3% |
| SFO–BOS | San Francisco to Boston | 327 | 83.2% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| SFO–SLC | San Francisco to Salt Lake City | 321 | 76.6% | 10.6 min | 0.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SFO on time in March 2025?
80.6% of 11,887 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 70.0% of 10,894 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 0.6% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.