UA863United Airlines · SFO → SYD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA863 San FranciscoSFO · 23:05 SydneySYD · 06:55

UA863 by United Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Sydney (SYD) for the Sat, Sep 12 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate G7
23:05

departs SFO · on schedule

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~15 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
09-12
−20 arrival
09-11
−6 gate · +0 arrival
09-10
+15 gate · +28 arrival
09-09
−20 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 →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
SFO→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
53%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+22 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SFO and SYD 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.

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 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 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
09-12SFO 23:05SYD 06:55 06:35 (−20)
09-11SFO 23:05 22:59 (−6)SYD 06:55 (+0)
09-10SFO 23:05 23:20 (+15)SYD 06:55 07:23 (+28)
09-09SFO 23:05SYD 06:55 06:35 (−20)

Board clocks recorded as SFO and SYD published them.

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