Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records

UA 1609 · Houston (IAH) → San Francisco (SFO)

Sold by United. Still flying: 56 of the last 56 days (Daily).

Arrives on time80%within 15 minutes, of 253 flights
Cancelled1.2%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late4%of flights that operated
When late, on average48 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (San Francisco is 2 h behind Houston).

Leaves IAH
21:59
Arrives SFO
00:05
Flight time
4h 06m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
56 of 56

Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.

How late it arrives

Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.

15+ min late20%
30+ min late11%
1h+ late4%
2h+ late1%
10%20%30%40% 015301h1h302h3h

Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.

Its hour at IAH

All flights leaving Houston (IAH) at 9–10 pm, wherever they’re going: 79% left within 15 minutes and 1.3% were cancelled (4,392 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →

Upcoming forecasts

Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.