UA863United Airlines · SFO → SYD
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UA863 San FranciscoSFO · 23:05 SydneySYD · 09:20

UA863 by United Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Sydney (SYD) for the Tue, Nov 3 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sydney · off blocks 23:03 · 2 min early
En route

en route from SFO to SYD

En routeUA863 · position estimated
SFOSan FranciscoSYDSydney
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 23:03 · typical taxi-out at SFO ≈ 11.2 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+37 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+61 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-04
−2 gate · +61 arrival
11-03
−2 gate
11-02
+76 gate · −18 arrival
11-01
+75 gate · +61 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 FranciscoHigh riskSFO delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
SFO→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
56%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+24 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by SFO (San Francisco), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 San Francisco

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 22°C
Low12°Clikely 10°C to 14°C

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 Sydney

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 22°C to 26°C
Low15°Clikely 13°C to 17°C

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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How UA863 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA863 across the SFO and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~61 min late. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 1/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA863 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-04SFO 23:05 23:03 (−2)SYD 09:20 10:21 (+61)
11-03SFO 23:05 23:03 (−2)SYD
11-02SFO 23:05 00:21 (+76)SYD 09:20 09:02 (−18)
11-01SFO 23:05 00:20 (+75)SYD 09:20 10:21 (+61)

Board clocks recorded as SFO and SYD published them.

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