SGN → SFOHo Chi Minh City to San Francisco

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Direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to San Francisco (SFO): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 7 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 12,599 km, an estimated 16 hours 39 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Ho Chi Minh City and San Francisco. Updated 12 September 2026 at 19:57 UTC.

SGN Ho Chi Minh City tracking
SFO San Francisco smooth · +0
12,599 km · ~16h 39m est.
departs 17:554x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live SGN and SFO delay boards

Median arrival delay is +7 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+7 minacross the last 4 operated legs
Flight time~16h 39mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
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Vietnam Airlines

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Vietnam AirlinesVN

Flights VN98 17:55 We Th Sa Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
09-12VN98arrived+7
09-10VN98arrived+54
09-09VN98arrived−15
09-06VN98arrived−20

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
SGNHo Chi Minh City tracking Full SGN delay board →
SFOSan Francisco +0 min smooth 🌤 scattered clouds · WNW 22 kt Full SFO delay board →

How the Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SGN to SFO 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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SGN to SFO questions

Is SGN–SFO running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from SGN to SFO?

Great-circle distance is 12,599 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 919–1110 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does SGN–SFO fly?

Vietnam Airlines runs the route with about 4 flights a week (sun, wed, 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 SGN and arrival-side delay at SFO, 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.