Flights Miami → San Francisco
MIA → SFO
Route overview
The flight route from Miami to San Francisco operates with a Boeing 767-300, Boeing 757, and Boeing 737-800 aircraft. With 444 total flights recorded, the route maintains a 75% on-time performance rate, averaging a delay of 14 minutes per flight, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at nearly 50 million passengers.
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 Miami (MIA) → San Francisco (SFO) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines. Across 598 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.84%. 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 Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Francisco: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Miami (MIA) to San Francisco (SFO) heads north-west for about 4,154 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 37m.
Departures from Miami on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 61% of MIA-SFO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Francisco it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 598 tracked MIA-SFO flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 2.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about MIA-SFO
On the Miami (MIA) -> San Francisco (SFO) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 598 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Miami-San Francisco is 2.84% across 598 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska 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.
