Flights San Francisco → Arcata CA
SFO → ACV
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 San Francisco (SFO) → Arcata CA (ACV) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 278 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.08%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 6.3/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Arcata CA the average ATFM delay is 6.3 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 81% | 6 min | 1.9% |
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On the San Francisco (SFO) -> Arcata CA (ACV) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 278 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Francisco-Arcata CA is 1.08% across 278 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.
