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UA 796 on time

United Airlines 796: San Francisco to Boston at 9:25 p.m. (past 12 months)

On time
85%
196 flights · likely 80–89%
Cancelled
0.0%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−8 min
median vs schedule
When late
+36 min
average delay
Similar flights
85%
UA, same route & hour

About 1 in 7 UA 796 flights from San Francisco arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (15%); 0.0% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 8 minutes early.

UA 796: SFO → BOS

Scheduled to leave San Francisco at 9:25 p.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 85% of the time (196 flights), in line with other UA flights on the route at that hour (85%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%May 2025: too few flights (10 flights)MayJun 2025: 84% on time (25 flights)84JunAug 2025: 84% on time (31 flights)84AugSep 2025: 83% on time (30 flights)83SepOct 2025: 92% on time (25 flights)92OctMar 2026: 82% on time (17 flights)82MarApr 2026: 90% on time (30 flights)90AprMay 2026: 92% on time (26 flights)92MayJun 2026: 80% on time (25 flights)80JunJul 2026: 80% on time (20 flights)80JulAug 2026: 78% on time (23 flights)78Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday3482%
Tuesday18—
Wednesday2190%
Thursday3485%
Friday3376%
Saturday2391%
Sunday3388%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 52%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 25%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 23%

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Questions

How often is UA 796 from SFO to BOS late?

United Airlines 796 from San Francisco, CA to Boston, MA arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 15% of 196 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.