UA99United Airlines · MEL → LAX
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UA99 MelbourneMEL · 09:30 Los AngelesLAX · 06:40

UA99 by United Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Fri, Sep 18 departure.

Right nowEn route to Los Angeles · off blocks 09:57 · 27 min late
En route

en route from MEL to LAX

En routeUA99 · position estimated
MELMelbourneLAXLos Angeles
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 09:57 · typical taxi-out at MEL ≈ 9.1 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+21 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+1 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~20 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-18
+27 gate · +37 arrival
09-16
+19 gate · +1 arrival
09-13
+30 gate · +5 arrival
09-11
+49 gate · +37 arrival
09-09
+11 gate · −4 arrival
09-06
+17 gate · −8 arrival
09-04
+21 gate · −13 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 +1 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

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

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MEL and LAX 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 UA99 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA99 across the MEL and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 5/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA99 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
09-18MEL 09:30 09:57 (+27)LAX 06:40 07:17 (+37)
09-16MEL 09:30 09:49 (+19)LAX 06:40 06:41 (+1)
09-13MEL 09:30 10:00 (+30)LAX 06:40 06:45 (+5)
09-11MEL 09:30 10:19 (+49)LAX 06:40 07:17 (+37)
09-09MEL 09:30 09:41 (+11)LAX 06:40 06:36 (−4)
09-06MEL 09:30 09:47 (+17)LAX 06:45 06:37 (−8)
09-04MEL 09:30 09:51 (+21)LAX 06:45 06:32 (−13)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N27957, N29961, N38950, N26970.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and LAX published them.

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