UA5616United Airlines · SNA → SFO
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5616 Santa AnaSNA · 09:42 San FranciscoSFO · 11:23

UA5616 by United Airlines flies from Santa Ana (SNA) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Sat, Oct 10 departure.

Right nowExpected · today
09:42

departs SNA · on schedule

Typical gate push+26 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+10 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~16 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
10-09
+82 gate · +42 arrival
10-08
+15 gate · +10 arrival
10-07
+26 gate · +8 arrival
10-06
+7 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
SNASanta AnaModerate riskSNA delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoModerate riskSFO delay board →
SNA→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
55%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+25 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by SFO (San Francisco), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Santa Ana to San Francisco flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA2683departs 07:15
UA653departs 07:30
UA5562departs 09:45
UA5330departs 11:01
UA1320departs 15:06
UA5351departs 16:11

If UA5616 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Santa Ana to San Francisco on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SNA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA5616 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5616 across the SNA and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +8 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5616 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
10-09SNA 09:42 11:04 (+82)SFO 11:23 12:05 (+42)
10-08SNA 09:42 09:57 (+15)SFO 11:23 11:33 (+10)
10-07SNA 09:42 10:08 (+26)SFO 11:23 11:31 (+8)
10-06SNA SFO 11:23 11:30 (+7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N206SY, N141SY.

Board clocks recorded as SNA and SFO published them.

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