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

UA 2478 · San Francisco (SFO) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)

Sold by United. Still flying: 34 of the last 56 days (Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun).

Arrives on time60%within 15 minutes, of 45 flights
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late20%of flights that operated
When late, on average81 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Dallas-Fort Worth is 2 h ahead of San Francisco).

Leaves SFO
18:50
Arrives DFW
00:37
Flight time
3h 47m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
34 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 late40%
30+ min late31%
1h+ late20%
2h+ late7%
20%40%60% 015301h1h302h3h

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

Its hour at SFO

All flights leaving San Francisco (SFO) at 6–7 pm, wherever they’re going: 76% left within 15 minutes and 0.7% were cancelled (8,411 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.