UA5220United Airlines · SFO → SMF
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5220 San FranciscoSFO · 08:30 SacramentoSMF · 09:36

UA5220 by United Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Sacramento (SMF) for the Fri, Nov 13 departure.

Right nowExpected in Sacramento · today
17:20

arrival expected at SMF · 464 min late

Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Wins back in air~8 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
11-12
−6 gate · −16 arrival
11-11
−6 gate · −12 arrival
11-09
−8 gate

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 FranciscoModerate riskSFO delay board →
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
SFO→SMFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SFO and SMF are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at San Francisco

Forecast

Sat 14 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 17°C to 19°C
Low12°Clikely 11°C to 13°C
  • 77% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Sacramento

Forecast

Sat 14 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 16°C to 19°C
Low7°Clikely 6°C to 9°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

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 Sacramento flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA9726departs 05:30
UA4790departs 12:30
UA5770departs 16:10
UA5796departs 18:40
UA2397departs 18:45
UA1848departs 22:49

If UA5220 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Sacramento on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SFO local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How UA5220 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5220 across the SFO and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed -7 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5220 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
11-12SFO 08:30 08:24 (−6)SMF 09:36 09:20 (−16)
11-11SFO 08:30 08:24 (−6)SMF 09:36 09:24 (−12)
11-09SFO 08:30 08:22 (−8)SMF

Aircraft

Recent tails: N625UX.

Board clocks recorded as SFO and SMF published them.

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