UA5248United Airlines · SMF → SFO
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5248 SacramentoSMF · 11:53 San FranciscoSFO · 13:05

UA5248 by United Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Mon, Sep 7 departure.

Right nowExpected in San Francisco · Delayed
13:54

arrival expected at SFO · 49 min late

Typical gate push+25 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~30 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-07
+25 gate · +49 arrival
09-06
+25 gate · −8 arrival
09-05
+20 gate · −5 arrival
09-04
+13 gate · −19 arrival
09-03
−4 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −5 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
SMF→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
57%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+23 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SMF 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
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 Sacramento to San Francisco flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1329departs 06:30
UA5323departs 14:27
UA4748departs 18:57
UA5961departs 20:19

If UA5248 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to San Francisco on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SMF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA5248 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5248 across the SMF and SFO 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. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5248 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
09-07SMF 11:53 12:18 (+25)SFO 13:05 13:54 (+49)
09-06SMF 11:53 12:18 (+25)SFO 13:05 12:57 (−8)
09-05SMF 11:53 12:13 (+20)SFO 13:05 13:00 (−5)
09-04SMF 11:53 12:06 (+13)SFO 13:05 12:46 (−19)
09-03SMF SFO 13:05 13:01 (−4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N85377, N87368, N605UX.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and SFO published them.

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