UA852United Airlines · TPE → SFO
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA852 TaipeiTPE · 14:30 San FranciscoSFO · 11:15

UA852 by United Airlines flies from Taipei (TPE) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Wed, Sep 23 departure.

Right nowEn route to San Francisco · off blocks 14:20 · 10 min early
11:00

estimated arrival at SFO · local time · ~3h 46m from now

En routeUA852 · position estimated
TPETaipeiSFOSan Francisco
Estimated from the boardsarr 11:00

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 14:20 · typical taxi-out at TPE ≈ 13 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+17 minmedian over 5 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-23
−10 gate · −15 arrival
09-22
−8 gate · +17 arrival
09-21
+4 gate · +27 arrival
09-20
+13 gate · +26 arrival
09-19
+16 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 +17 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
TPETaipeiOn-time likelyTPE delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
TPE→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
52%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.0%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at TPE and SFO 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 Taipei to San Francisco flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA872departs 09:50

If UA852 is cancelled, this is the other United Airlines nonstop flight from Taipei to San Francisco on the same day, with scheduled departure times in TPE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA852 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA852 across the TPE and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~26 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 0/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA852 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
09-23TPE 14:30 14:20 (−10)SFO 11:15 11:00 (−15)
09-22TPE 14:30 14:22 (−8)SFO 11:15 11:32 (+17)
09-21TPE 14:30 14:34 (+4)SFO 11:15 11:42 (+27)
09-20TPE 14:30 14:43 (+13)SFO 11:15 11:41 (+26)
09-19TPE SFO 11:15 11:31 (+16)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N785UA, N78013.

Board clocks recorded as TPE and SFO published them.

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