Flights San Francisco → Austin
SFO → AUS
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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) → Austin (AUS) route is operated by JetBlue Airways, United Airlines. Across 764 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.32%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Austin: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Francisco (SFO) to Austin (AUS) heads east for about 2,417 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 26m.
Departures from San Francisco on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of SFO-AUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Austin it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 764 tracked SFO-AUS flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 4.3% 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% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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On the San Francisco (SFO) -> Austin (AUS) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 764 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Francisco-Austin is 4.32% across 764 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: JetBlue Airways, 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.
