QR738Qatar AirwaysIn the air, 42 min late
Left SFO at 16:42, 42 min after its 16:00 slot.
- Landing
- 18:39DOH board estimate · sched 18:20
live
Direct flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Doha (DOH): 5 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 46 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 5 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 12,994 km, an estimated 17 hours 10 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at San Francisco and Doha. Updated 1 November 2026 at 05:52 UTC.
Today, SFO → DOH
Sat 31 Oct · local times- 16:00 QR738Qatar Airways Left 16:42 +42 DOH est. 18:39 +19In the air · sched 18:20
Checked SFO board 22:19 · DOH board 08:52
SFO
San Francisco
smooth · +0
DOH
Doha
smooth · +5
12,994 km · ~17h 10m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 5x weekly · nonstop
95 / 100
route health from live SFO and DOH delay boards
Median arrival delay is +46 min. 0 of 5 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival+46 minacross the last 4 arrivals
Flight time~17h 10mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures5x1 direct airline on the leg
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysQatar AirwaysQR
Flights QR738 varies Mo Tu Th Sa Su
History
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsWeather lens
Conditions are tightest at SFO: a 42% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +11 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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How the San Francisco to Doha route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SFO to DOH flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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Pro Flight Search: San Francisco (SFO) to Doha (DOH) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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SFO to DOH questions
Is SFO–DOH running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. The arrival side at DOH is the weaker end, route health score 95/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from SFO to DOH?
Great-circle distance is 12,994 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 947–1144 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does SFO–DOH fly?
Qatar Airways runs the route with about 5 flights a week (sun, mon, tue, thu, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at SFO and arrival-side delay at DOH, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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