LH459Lufthansa · SFO → MUC
live · 9m ago
Route confirmed Lufthansa

LH459 San FranciscoSFO · 21:05 MunichMUC · 17:10

LH459 by Lufthansa flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Munich (MUC) for the Tue, Sep 22 departure.

Right nowLanded in Munich · today
16:50

arrived at MUC · 20 min early

Typical gate push+3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~8 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
09-22
+20 gate · −20 arrival
09-21
+3 gate · −20 arrival
09-20
+1 gate · −5 arrival
09-19
−9 gate · +15 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 →
MUCMunichOn-time likelyMUC delay board →
SFO→MUCevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
52%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+24 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by SFO (San Francisco), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other San Francisco to Munich flights today

same route · Lufthansa
LH9853departs 16:00

If LH459 is cancelled, this is the other Lufthansa nonstop flight from San Francisco to Munich 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 LH459 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for LH459 across the SFO and MUC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how LH459 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
09-22SFO 21:05 21:25 (+20)MUC 17:10 16:50 (−20)
09-21SFO 21:05 21:08 (+3)MUC 17:10 16:50 (−20)
09-20SFO 21:05 21:06 (+1)MUC 17:10 17:05 (−5)
09-19SFO 21:05 20:56 (−9)MUC 17:10 17:25 (+15)

Board clocks recorded as SFO and MUC published them.

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