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UA 5631 on time

United Airlines 5631: Palm Springs to San Francisco at 6:27 p.m. (past 12 months)

On time
61%
218 flights · likely 54–67%
Cancelled
0.0%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
+3 min
median vs schedule
When late
+74 min
average delay
Similar flights
58%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 3 UA 5631 flights from Palm Springs arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (39%); 0.0% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 3 minutes late.

UA 5631: PSP → SFO

Scheduled to leave Palm Springs at 6:27 p.m. local time, operated by SkyWest as OO 5631. Over the past year it arrived on time 61% of the time (218 flights), in line with other UA flights on the route at that hour (58%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Usually United Airlines's last flight of the day from Palm Springs to San Francisco (65% of days). United Airlines's last PSP–SFO flight was cancelled 0.8% of the time, against 0.4% for its earlier ones. If it's cancelled, the next United Airlines flight is usually around 6:45 a.m. the next morning.

Month by month

10%55%100%Aug 2025: too few flights (13 flights)AugSep 2025: 96% on time (24 flights)96SepJan 2026: 94% on time (17 flights)94JanFeb 2026: 86% on time (21 flights)86FebMar 2026: 89% on time (28 flights)89MarApr 2026: 62% on time (26 flights)62AprMay 2026: 35% on time (20 flights)35MayJun 2026: 19% on time (26 flights)19JunJul 2026: 19% on time (27 flights)19JulAug 2026: 62% on time (29 flights)62Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday3855%
Tuesday2157%
Wednesday3275%
Thursday3770%
Friday3647%
Saturday18—
Sunday3650%

Why it was late

Air traffic & airport (NAS) 77%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 14%Late inbound plane 9%

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Questions

How often is UA 5631 from PSP to SFO late?

United Airlines 5631 from Palm Springs, CA to San Francisco, CA arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 39% of 218 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.0% were cancelled.

Flight numbers change. Figures cover flights with this airline, number and route only. "Likely range" is the 95% interval for the true on-time rate given the number of flights. This is history, not live status: check United Airlines for today's flight. Method.