UA5217United Airlines · GEG → SFO
live · 28m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5217 SpokaneGEG · 13:09 San FranciscoSFO · 15:35

UA5217 by United Airlines flies from Spokane (GEG) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.

Right nowEn route to San Francisco · off blocks 14:13 · 64 min late
15:59

estimated arrival at SFO · local time · ~28 min from now

En routeUA5217 · position estimated
GEGSpokaneSFOSan Francisco
Estimated from the boardsarr 15:59

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 14:13.

Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−1 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~17 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
09-14
+64 gate · +24 arrival
09-13
+8 gate · −28 arrival
09-12
+10 gate · −1 arrival
09-11
+16 gate · −1 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
GEGSpokaneOn-time likelyGEG delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
GEG→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
54%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at GEG 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 Spokane to San Francisco flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA5471departs 06:00
UA6042departs 19:07

If UA5217 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Spokane to San Francisco on the same day, with scheduled departure times in GEG local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA5217 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5217 across the GEG and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 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 UA5217 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
09-14GEG 13:09 14:13 (+64)SFO 15:35 15:59 (+24)
09-13GEG 13:09 13:17 (+8)SFO 15:35 15:07 (−28)
09-12GEG 13:09 13:19 (+10)SFO 15:35 15:34 (−1)
09-11GEG 13:09 13:25 (+16)SFO 15:35 15:34 (−1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N605UX, N620UX, N78361.

Board clocks recorded as GEG and SFO published them.

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