UA5628United Airlines · SMF → LAX
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5628 SacramentoSMF · 18:37 Los AngelesLAX · 20:22

UA5628 by United Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to Los Angeles (LAX).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
17:45

scheduled from SMF

⚖ UA5628 typically leaves +12 and lands −26. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-19
+11 gate · −31 arrival
09-18
+11 gate · −31 arrival
09-17
+18 gate · −26 arrival
09-16
+15 gate · −24 arrival
09-15
+19 gate · −22 arrival
09-14
+15 gate · −26 arrival
09-11
+12 gate · −31 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 −26 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoModerate riskSMF delay board →
LAXLos AngelesHigh riskLAX delay board →
SMF→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SMF and LAX 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sacramento to Los Angeles flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA5390departs 07:45
UA1307departs 07:55
UA6021departs 10:14
UA5259departs 16:05
UA1174departs 19:20

If UA5628 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Los Angeles 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 UA5628 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5628 across the SMF and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~24 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 10/10 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 UA5628 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
09-19SMF 18:37 18:48 (+11)LAX 20:22 19:51 (−31)
09-18SMF 18:37 18:48 (+11)LAX 20:22 19:51 (−31)
09-17SMF 18:37 18:55 (+18)LAX 20:22 19:56 (−26)
09-16SMF 17:45 18:00 (+15)LAX 19:30 19:06 (−24)
09-15SMF 17:45 18:04 (+19)LAX 19:30 19:08 (−22)
09-14SMF 18:37 18:52 (+15)LAX 20:22 19:56 (−26)
09-11SMF 18:37 18:49 (+12)LAX 20:22 19:51 (−31)
09-10SMF 18:37 18:49 (+12)LAX 20:22 19:52 (−30)
09-09SMF 17:45 17:52 (+7)LAX 19:30 18:56 (−34)
09-08SMF LAX 19:30 19:04 (−26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N85377, N78361, N87380, N615UX.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and LAX published them.

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