UA1791United Airlines · SFO → IAD
live · 12m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1791 San FranciscoSFO · 14:00 WashingtonIAD · 22:19

UA1791 by United Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Washington (IAD) for the Mon, Sep 7 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate F20
14:00

departs SFO · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−28 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~28 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
09-07
−40 arrival
09-06
−9 gate · −40 arrival
09-05
+0 gate · −28 arrival
09-04
+40 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
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
IADWashingtonOn-time likelyIAD delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
55%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+23 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SFO and IAD 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 Washington flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA599departs 08:10
UA336departs 10:46
UA755departs 13:15
UA1453departs 16:35
UA8192departs 17:55
UA705departs 21:30

If UA1791 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Washington 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 UA1791 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1791 across the SFO and IAD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~26 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1791 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
09-07SFO 14:00IAD 22:19 21:39 (−40)
09-06SFO 14:00 13:51 (−9)IAD 22:19 21:39 (−40)
09-05SFO 14:00 (+0)IAD 22:19 21:51 (−28)
09-04SFO 14:00 14:40 (+40)IAD 22:19 22:28 (+9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N57416, N37445, N67812.

Board clocks recorded as SFO and IAD published them.

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