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Flight records through . Security counts through .

When is San Francisco security busiest? 7 am, then 9 am to noon.

Calmest around 4 pm. Choose any hour on the board.

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Thursday, 10 am

5,960

people screened, 8-week average.

Which checkpoint is busiest? Security Checkpoint D and Security Checkpoint B, by 10 am.

Security Checkpoint A peaks at 2 pm, Security Checkpoint G at 12 pm.

Security counts,

  • Security Checkpoint D

    9 am

    1,300 screened

  • Security Checkpoint B

    10 am

    1,000 screened

  • Security Checkpoint F-1

    7 am

    1,440 screened

  • Security Checkpoint A

    2 pm

    1,110 screened

  • Security Checkpoint T1 B Mezzanine

    10 am

    800 screened

  • Security Checkpoint G

    12 pm

    860 screened

Which departures leave on time? Leave in the morning.

5 am: 95% left on time. 3 pm: 60%.

Flight records,

DepartsLeft on time
12 am76%
5 am95%
6 am93%
7 am91%
8 am88%
9 am80%
10 am71%
11 am68%
12 pm65%
1 pm68%
2 pm64%
3 pm60%
4 pm68%
5 pm65%
6 pm73%
7 pm73%
8 pm65%
9 pm70%
10 pm66%
11 pm71%

Which airline runs on time here? United and American lead.

United flies 56% of SFO departures and landed on time 78% of the time.

Flight records,

  1. United 84,288 flights, 0.6% cancelled 78%
  2. American 13,863 flights, 1.7% cancelled 74%
  3. Delta 14,741 flights, 1.3% cancelled 74%
  4. JetBlue 4,519 flights, 2.2% cancelled 74%
  5. Alaska 20,255 flights, 1.9% cancelled 70%
  6. Southwest 9,968 flights, 0.9% cancelled 54%

Not ranked, under ten flights a day: Hawaiian 72% of 338, Frontier 61% of 3,581.

Where do SFO flights land late? San Diego, Las Vegas, Los Angeles.

Lowest on-time rates of the 8 busiest.

Flight records,

ToFlightsOn time
LAX Los Angeles12,10470%
SAN San Diego7,34361%
SEA Seattle6,82472%
JFK New York6,79875%
LAS Las Vegas6,14570%
ORD Chicago5,65074%
DEN Denver5,48674%
BOS Boston4,81573%

Every route from SFO

85 destinations with flights in the last twelve months.