Flights Burbank → San Francisco
BUR → SFO
Route overview
The flight route from Burbank to San Francisco operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 76%. Over the past period, it experienced an average delay of 13.6 minutes per flight out of a total of 815 flights.
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 Burbank (BUR) → San Francisco (SFO) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1108 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.45%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.4/100 (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 Burbank the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes.
Heading to San Francisco: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Burbank (BUR) to San Francisco (SFO) heads north-west for about 525 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 5m.
Departures from Burbank on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 44% of BUR-SFO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Burbank the average ATFM delay is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into San Francisco it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,108 tracked BUR-SFO flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.5% 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 BUR-SFO
On the Burbank (BUR) -> San Francisco (SFO) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 1108 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Burbank-San Francisco is 0.45% across 1108 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.
