Burbank (BUR) – San Francisco (SFO)
- Distance
- 524 km
- 326 mi · 283 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 31 min / 1 h 18 min
- Average gate to gate: BUR → SFO / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 66 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (39 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 543,621
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.0%
- Flights / week
- 122
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 72%
- 759,923 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- UA, OO, WN
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from BUR
- 317°
- Heading from SFO
- 135°
- Halfway point
- 35.93, -120.32
- Great-circle km
- 525 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BUR → SFO
- 57 min
- In the air SFO → BUR
- 52 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 45,147 |
| Sep 2025 | 42,495 |
| Oct 2025 | 46,711 |
| Nov 2025 | 43,760 |
| Dec 2025 | 42,462 |
| Jan 2026 | 41,253 |
| Feb 2026 | 39,373 |
| Mar 2026 | 53,549 |
| Apr 2026 | 48,946 |
| May 2026 | 49,445 |
| Jun 2026 | 46,692 |
| Jul 2026 | 43,788 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 533 |
| Sep 2025 | 503 |
| Oct 2025 | 555 |
| Nov 2025 | 494 |
| Dec 2025 | 504 |
| Jan 2026 | 509 |
| Feb 2026 | 460 |
| Mar 2026 | 619 |
| Apr 2026 | 536 |
| May 2026 | 570 |
| Jun 2026 | 512 |
| Jul 2026 | 534 |
Airlines flying BUR–SFO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 61 | 61% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 39 | 24% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 16 | 12% |
| QXHorizon Air | 5.4 | 3% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,159 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,200 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 847 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 830 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 579 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 544 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 165 flights
- Canadair RJ-200ER /RJ-440 · 4 flights
Also carried: 4 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 69.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 22 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.1%
- Flights counted
- 6,128
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 70.9% | 20 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 76.1% | 20 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 45.1% | 34 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 17% · aircraft arriving late 36% · air traffic system 44% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $189
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $168
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 70% of passengers · $200
- Lowest-fare airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 17% of passengers · $154
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $148 · Q3 2025 $164 · Q4 2025 $174 · Q1 2026 $189).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 525 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.