DL977Delta Air Lines · SFO → BOS
live · just now
Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL977 San FranciscoSFO · 12:25 BostonBOS · 21:07

DL977 by Delta Air Lines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Boston (BOS) for the Sun, Sep 6 departure.

Right nowDelayed · gate C7
14:44

departs SFO · 139 min late

Typical gate push+35 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+29 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
SFO→BOSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
59%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.3%Chance of cancellation
+24 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SFO and BOS are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other San Francisco to Boston flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL1189departs 21:48
DL1655departs 21:48

If DL977 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Boston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SFO local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How DL977 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL977 across the SFO and BOS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: departed +35 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL977 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-05SFO 12:25 12:27 (+2)BOS 21:07 20:53 (−14)
09-04SFO 12:25 13:00 (+35)BOS 21:07 21:36 (+29)

Board clocks recorded as SFO and BOS published them.

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