Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2209
Phoenix (PHX) to San Francisco (SFO) · scheduled 7:15 AM – 9:19 AM
How UA2209 performs
172 operations, 2025-06-26 to 2026-06-30.
UA2209 arrived on time 67.4% of the time, against 70.8% for all PHX → SFO flights — this specific departure is 3.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 9.6 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 172 operations between 2025-06-26 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2209 | 67.4% | 0.00% | 5 min | 2.9% | 172 |
| United Airlines on PHX → SFO | 77.1% | 0.57% | -7 min | 7.4% | 4,052 |
| All PHX → SFO flights | 70.8% | 0.54% | -2 min | 9.7% | 14,134 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-06-26 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA2209 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFO→EWR San Francisco to Newark | 2025-03-30 – 2026-05-20 | 333 | 62.2% |
| EWR→PBI Newark to West Palm Beach | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-04 | 21 | — |
| LAX→IAH Los Angeles to Houston | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-11 | 37 | — |
| CMH→SFO Columbus to San Francisco | 2025-12-02 – 2025-12-02 | 1 | — |
| EWR→RDU Newark to Raleigh–Durham | 2025-10-26 – 2025-12-01 | 33 | — |
| EWR→CHS Newark to Charleston | 2025-05-22 – 2025-06-24 | 34 | — |
| ORD→PBI Chicago to West Palm Beach | 2024-02-15 – 2025-03-29 | 178 | 89.2% |
| LAS→ORD Las Vegas to Chicago | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 17 | — |
| OMA→IAH Omaha to Houston | 2024-12-03 – 2024-12-18 | 16 | — |
| PHX→EWR Phoenix to Newark | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-02 | 37 | — |
| IAD→ORF Washington to Norfolk | 2024-09-26 – 2024-10-24 | 20 | — |
| IAD→EWR Washington to Newark | 2024-05-23 – 2024-06-26 | 35 | — |
| LGA→IAH New York to Houston | 2024-05-02 – 2024-05-22 | 21 | — |
| PBI→EWR West Palm Beach to Newark | 2023-10-29 – 2024-02-14 | 108 | 75.2% |
| IAH→PBI Houston to West Palm Beach | 2023-10-29 – 2023-11-27 | 29 | — |
| LAX→CLE Los Angeles to Cleveland | 2023-09-29 – 2023-10-28 | 30 | — |
| IAH→MIA Houston to Miami | 2023-09-05 – 2023-09-28 | 24 | — |
| MIA→IAH Miami to Houston | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2209 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why UA2209 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for UA2209 on PHX → SFO. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on PHX → SFO
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2166 | United Airlines | 78.0% | 6 min early | 638 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 172 records of UA2209 operating PHX → SFO, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.