EK226Emirates · SFO → DXB
live · 9m ago
Route confirmed Emirates

EK226 San FranciscoSFO · 17:00 DubaiDXB · 19:40

EK226 by Emirates flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Dubai (DXB) for the Sun, Sep 6 departure.

Right nowEn route to Dubai · off blocks 17:21 · 21 min late
En route

en route from SFO to DXB

En routeEK226 · position estimated
SFOSan FranciscoDXBDubai
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:21 · typical taxi-out at SFO ≈ 13.1 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+5 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-06
+21 gate · +5 arrival
09-05
+15 gate · +1 arrival
09-04
+0 gate · +5 arrival
09-03
+83 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
DXBDubaiOn-time likelyDXB delay board →
SFO→DXBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
57%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.3%Chance of cancellation
+23 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SFO and DXB 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 Dubai flights today

same route · Emirates
EK8226departs 22:30

If EK226 is cancelled, this is the other Emirates nonstop flight from San Francisco to Dubai 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 EK226 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for EK226 across the SFO and DXB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how EK226 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-06SFO 17:00 17:21 (+21)DXB 19:40 19:45 (+5)
09-05SFO 17:00 17:15 (+15)DXB 19:40 19:41 (+1)
09-04SFO 17:00 (+0)DXB 19:40 19:45 (+5)
09-03SFO 17:00DXB 19:40 21:03 (+83)

Aircraft

Recent tails: A6-EVR, A6-EVP, A6-EUU.

Board clocks recorded as SFO and DXB published them.

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