UA98United Airlines · LAX → MEL
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UA98 Los AngelesLAX · 22:40 MelbourneMEL · 07:30

UA98 by United Airlines flies from Los Angeles (LAX) to Melbourne (MEL).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates Mon Wed Fri
22:40

scheduled from LAX

Typical gate push+43 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~41 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-23
+15 gate · +2 arrival
09-21
+36 gate · −51 arrival
09-18
+43 gate · −26 arrival
09-16
+15 gate · −26 arrival
09-14
+47 gate · +2 arrival
09-11
+65 gate · +33 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 +2 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
LAX→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LAX and MEL 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 UA98 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA98 across the LAX and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 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 UA98 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
09-23LAX 22:40 22:55 (+15)MEL 07:30 07:32 (+2)
09-21LAX 22:40 23:16 (+36)MEL 07:30 06:39 (−51)
09-18LAX 22:40 23:23 (+43)MEL 07:30 07:04 (−26)
09-16LAX 22:40 22:55 (+15)MEL 07:30 07:04 (−26)
09-14LAX 22:40 23:27 (+47)MEL 07:30 07:32 (+2)
09-11LAX 22:40 23:45 (+65)MEL 07:30 08:03 (+33)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N27959, N36962, N26967, N27957.

Board clocks recorded as LAX and MEL published them.

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