UA5440United Airlines · SFO → SNA
updated 1h ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5440 San FranciscoSFO · 13:45 Santa AnaSNA · 15:26

UA5440 by United Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Santa Ana (SNA) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowLanded in Santa Ana · today
15:54

arrived at SNA · 28 min late

Typical gate push+2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−11 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~13 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
11-02
+2 gate · +28 arrival
11-01
+2 gate · −18 arrival
10-31
−10 gate · −5 arrival
10-30
−5 gate · −22 arrival
10-29
+9 gate

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 −11 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
SNASanta AnaOn-time likelySNA delay board →
SFO→SNAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SFO and SNA 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

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 17°C to 21°C
Low13°Clikely 11°C to 14°C
  • 78% 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 Santa Ana

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 22°C to 26°C
Low14°Clikely 13°C to 16°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 Santa Ana flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA5237departs 07:00
UA643departs 10:32
UA2441departs 12:40
UA4631departs 15:05
UA5592departs 15:37
UA5763departs 15:37

If UA5440 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Santa Ana 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 UA5440 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5440 across the SFO and SNA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 2/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5440 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
11-02SFO 13:45 13:47 (+2)SNA 15:26 15:54 (+28)
11-01SFO 13:45 13:47 (+2)SNA 15:26 15:08 (−18)
10-31SFO 13:45 13:35 (−10)SNA 15:26 15:21 (−5)
10-30SFO 13:45 13:40 (−5)SNA 15:26 15:04 (−22)
10-29SFO 13:45 13:54 (+9)SNA

Aircraft

Recent tails: N619UX, N84378, N621UX.

Board clocks recorded as SFO and SNA published them.

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