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760 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

United is clearly ahead here: 4 in 5 of its flights arrive on time, 34 points better than Southwest.

Best time to leave 9–10 am 90% arrive on time from SFO

Time of day × airport

Share of this route’s flights leaving within 15 minutes, by airport and scheduled departure hour, over Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Blank: no flights then (or fewer than 40 in the year).

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% of this route’s flights leaving within 15 min (small number: flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule): 85+75–8465–7455–64under 55

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Airlines on this route

Arriving within 15 minutes. Regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Pick an airline to see its flights.

United (incl. SkyWest) 418 80% 1.4% 76 min
Southwest 342 47% 0.3% 61 min

Flights, best and worst

Flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule that ran 150+ times in the year. Times are local. Pick a flight for its history.

No flight on this route ran 150+ times in the year.

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Nonstops by airline and airport

Arriving within 15 minutes, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Pick a row to see that airline’s flights on that airport pair.

United SFO STL 4h 11m 80% 1.4% 418 Flying now
Southwest SFO STL 3h 50m 47% 0.3% 342 Flying now

Alternatives with one stop

All connections →
UnitedDetails → SFO 05:00 → DEN 08:35UA 1479 1h 00m Denver DEN 09:35 → STL 12:42UA 652 5h 42m 96% 80%
Flying on a particular day? Pick a date above and the same ranking uses our forecast odds for each flight that day: Tomorrow.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON