SFO to BUR flight delays
San Francisco, CA (SFO) Burbank, CA (BUR) · 326 miles
261 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
58.53%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.15%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
52 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
23 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This is a late route. Flights from San Francisco to Burbank miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
The two directions do not behave alike. BUR to SFO arrives on time 26.6 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Only United Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 261 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on SFO to BUR.
Every airline on SFO to BUR
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 175 | 68% | 0% | 50 min | D |
| Southwest Airlines | 86 | 38.55% | 3.49% | 54 min | — |
The return leg
BUR to SFO Burbank back to San Francisco 31.89% on time FOther routes from San Francisco
Common questions
Are flights from San Francisco to Burbank usually delayed?
58.53% of flights on the SFO to BUR route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from San Francisco to Burbank?
Only United Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 175 flights and 68% arriving on time.
How often are SFO to BUR flights cancelled?
1.15% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 12 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When SFO to BUR flights are late, how late are they?
About 52 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on SFO to BUR during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →