UA5796United Airlines · SFO → SMF
live · 21m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5796 San FranciscoSFO · 18:37 SacramentoSMF · 19:38

UA5796 by United Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Sacramento (SMF) for the Fri, Sep 18 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Sacramento · off blocks 18:36 · 1 min early
18:58

estimated arrival at SMF · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeUA5796 · position estimated
SFOSan FranciscoSMFSacramento
Estimated from the boardsarr 18:58

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 18:36 · typical taxi-out at SFO ≈ 13.6 min.

Typical gate push−1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−24 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~23 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
09-18
−1 gate · −40 arrival
09-17
−3 gate · −24 arrival
09-14
+4 gate · +12 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
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO 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
50%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+15 minAvg hub delay right now

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. 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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T
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T
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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
UA6088departs 07:45
UA5220departs 08:29
UA9726departs 08:45
UA4790departs 12:05
UA4747departs 17:18
UA393departs 18:50

If UA5796 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 posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA5796 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5796 across the SFO and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +14 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA5796 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
09-18SFO 18:37 18:36 (−1)SMF 19:38 18:58 (−40)
09-17SFO 18:37 18:34 (−3)SMF 19:38 19:14 (−24)
09-14SFO 18:37 18:41 (+4)SMF 19:38 19:50 (+12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N86371, N109SY.

Board clocks recorded as SFO and SMF published them.

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