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UA2386

San Francisco (SFO) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 1:39 PM – 9:27 PM

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How UA2386 performs

405 operations, 2025-05-22 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
70.1%
281 of 401 completed
Cancellation rate
0.74%
3 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-3 min
Average 9.6 min
Severe delays
10.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
62 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
74.9%
Left the gate on time

UA2386 arrived on time 70.1% of the time, against 82.8% for all SFODCA flights — this specific departure is 12.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 14.2 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 405 operations between 2025-05-22 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA238670.1%0.74%-3 min10.5%405
United Airlines on SFODCA84.2%0.63%-10 min4.5%1,598
All SFODCA flights82.8%0.56%-9 min4.6%2,688

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-05-22 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA2386 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.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
BURSFO Burbank to San Francisco2025-05-012026-06-3012450.4%
ORDSFO Chicago to San Francisco2026-01-062026-02-1137
PDXSFO Portland to San Francisco2025-10-262025-12-1745
SFOMCO San Francisco to Orlando2025-03-302025-04-3022
SJCDEN San Jose to Denver2025-03-092025-03-2921
LGAORD New York to Chicago2025-03-082025-03-081
ORDPHX Chicago to Phoenix2025-03-082025-03-081
AUSORD Austin to Chicago2025-03-062025-03-072
JAXEWR Jacksonville to Newark2025-02-132025-03-0521
SFOORD San Francisco to Chicago2024-05-232025-02-1222974.3%
ORDIAD Chicago to Washington2023-09-292025-01-0622781.9%
PHLORD Philadelphia to Chicago2024-10-272024-12-0236
DCAORD Washington to Chicago2023-10-292024-05-0177
PHXORD Phoenix to Chicago2024-03-072024-03-3024
PBIEWR West Palm Beach to Newark2024-01-092024-02-1437
SANORD San Diego to Chicago2023-12-212024-01-0819
MCIORD Kansas City to Chicago2023-11-282023-11-303
FLLORD Fort Lauderdale to Chicago2023-09-052023-10-2854
ORDTVC Chicago to Traverse City2023-07-012023-09-0466
CVGORD Cincinnati / Covington to Chicago2023-08-012023-09-0435

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2386 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 405 records of UA2386 operating SFODCA, 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.

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