UA5961United Airlines · SMF → SFO
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5961 SacramentoSMF · 20:27 San FranciscoSFO · 21:41

UA5961 by United Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to San Francisco (SFO).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
20:27

scheduled from SMF

Typical gate push+38 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~36 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
11-02
+38 gate · +2 arrival
11-01
+38 gate · +2 arrival
10-30
+38 gate · +2 arrival
10-29
+74 gate · +27 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
SMFSacramentoModerate riskSMF 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
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

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. 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 Sacramento

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 13°C to 17°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 10°C
  • 85% 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 San Francisco

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 17°C to 20°C
Low13°Clikely 11°C to 14°C
  • 74% 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.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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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
UA1623departs 06:20
UA2210departs 08:00
UA385departs 09:45
UA5248departs 12:01
UA5480departs 14:15
UA5323departs 17:43

If UA5961 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 that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How UA5961 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5961 across the SMF and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 UA5961 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
11-02SMF 20:27 21:05 (+38)SFO 21:41 21:43 (+2)
11-01SMF 20:27 21:05 (+38)SFO 21:41 21:43 (+2)
10-30SMF 20:27 21:05 (+38)SFO 21:41 21:43 (+2)
10-29SMF 20:27 21:41 (+74)SFO 21:41 22:08 (+27)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N936EV, N933EV.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and SFO published them.

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