Flights San Francisco → San Luis Obispo
SFO → SBP
Route overview
The flight route from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo operates with an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft and has a total of 267 flights annually. With a 74% on-time performance rate, the average delay for this route is approximately 25 minutes.
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) → San Luis Obispo (SBP) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 337 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.30%. 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 Luis Obispo the average ATFM delay is 3.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Luis Obispo: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Francisco (SFO) to San Luis Obispo (SBP) heads south-east for about 307 km, a flight time of roughly 48m.
Departures from San Francisco on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 43% of SFO-SBP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Luis Obispo it is 3.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 337 tracked SFO-SBP flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 0.3% 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 SFO-SBP
On the San Francisco (SFO) -> San Luis Obispo (SBP) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 337 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Francisco-San Luis Obispo is 0.30% across 337 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at San Luis Obispo, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
