UA1609United Airlines · IAH → SFO
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1609 HoustonIAH · 22:20 San FranciscoSFO · 00:27

UA1609 by United Airlines flies from Houston (IAH) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate E2
22:20

departs IAH · on schedule

Typical gate push−4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−27 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~23 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-14
−27 arrival
09-13
−6 gate · −27 arrival
09-11
−4 gate · −9 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
IAHHoustonOn-time likelyIAH delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoHigh riskSFO delay board →
IAH→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
52%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+22 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at IAH and SFO 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 Houston to San Francisco flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1768departs 07:20
UA2744departs 08:30
UA2358departs 09:35
UA2313departs 09:45
UA3903departs 10:00
UA2611departs 12:40

If UA1609 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to San Francisco on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IAH local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA1609 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1609 across the IAH and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: left right on schedule but landed about 27 min early. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1609 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
09-14IAH 22:20SFO 00:27 00:00 (−27)
09-13IAH 22:20 22:14 (−6)SFO 00:27 00:00 (−27)
09-11IAH 22:20 22:16 (−4)SFO 00:27 00:18 (−9)

Board clocks recorded as IAH and SFO published them.

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