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The flight time from Burbank to San Francisco is 1 hour, 26 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BUR Burbank, CA 3 minutes early.
22 minutes taxiing out
56 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SFO San Francisco, CA 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
74%
Alaska
69%
Frontier
62%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Burbank to San Francisco is 1 hour, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 56 minutes.

The flight distance from Burbank to San Francisco is 326 Miles.

Reverse Journey

San Francisco to Burbank
1 hour, 15 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
1h 25m
Alaska
1h 27m
Frontier
1h 33m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

60

Distance

326 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
38
Alaska
19
Frontier
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Burbank from San Francisco by plane?

The distance from Burbank to San Francisco by plane is 326 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Burbank to San Francisco?

The flight time from Burbank to San Francisco is 1 hour, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 56 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 1 hour, 25 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 1 hour, 33 minutes.

What airlines fly from Burbank to San Francisco?

United, Alaska, and Frontier are the airlines with direct flights from Burbank to San Francisco.

Does Southwest fly from Burbank to San Francisco?

Southwest does not fly from Burbank (BUR) to San Francisco (SFO). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Burbank 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 22 minutes
In the Air 56 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives San Francisco 2 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Burbank to San Francisco, Frontier is 62% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 62% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 74% 24% 2%
Alaska 69% 30% 1%
Frontier 62% 37% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Burbank and San Francisco, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
United 21 55 5 85
Alaska 23 57 6 87
Frontier 20 57 11 93

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
1pm 0.85
8pm 0.63
9am 0.08
8am 0.95
3pm 0.79
7pm 0.45
4pm 0.21
11am 0.39
10am 0.88
7am 0.98
5pm 0.77
12pm 0.29
6pm 0.67
2pm 0.5

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Burbank to San Francisco that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 285
February 271
March 242
April 228
May 229
June 197
July 273
August 271
September 262
October 276
November 296
December 296

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Burbank to San Francisco that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 8.94
Tuesday 8.62
Wednesday 8.73
Thursday 8.83
Friday 8.9
Saturday 7.4
Sunday 8.69

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
United 1
Alaska 0
Frontier 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
1pm 21 55 5 83
8pm 19 56 5 87
9am 18 56 10 88
8am 26 57 6 91
3pm 22 56 5 85
7pm 18 55 5 82
4pm 22 55 4 85
11am 24 55 7 88
10am 26 57 4 92
7am 19 54 6 83
5pm 20 57 5 83
12pm 26 57 5 92
6pm 21 56 5 85
2pm 22 57 4 86
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.