Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Sacramento → San Diego via San Francisco: arrives on time 24%

  1. 19:03 SMF → 20:10 SFO
    UA 5961 · United, flown by SkyWest · 1h 07m · 43% on time, 3.0% cancelled
  2. 50m layover in San Francisco (SFO) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:00 SFO → 22:49 SAN
    UA 1863 · United · 1h 49m · 79% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 3h 46m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 44 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection31%The first flight arrived more than 5 minutes late on 69% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 50m layover.
Arrives on time24%First flight not cancelled (3.0% are) × connection made (31%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (79%).
Total trip3h 46mSMF 19:03 to SAN 22:49, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.