Flights Baltimore → San Francisco
BWI → SFO
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to San Francisco operates with an average on-time performance rate of 74%, and flights typically experience a mean delay of 15.3 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 254 flights are conducted using aircraft such as Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-900, and Airbus A319, serving the highly trafficked destination airport in San Francisco, which handles nearly 50,196,094 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Baltimore (BWI) → San Francisco (SFO) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 285 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.32%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Francisco: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to San Francisco (SFO) heads west for about 3,944 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 21m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 49% of BWI-SFO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Francisco it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 285 tracked BWI-SFO flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 6.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about BWI-SFO
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> San Francisco (SFO) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 285 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-San Francisco is 6.32% across 285 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
