LH459Lufthansa · SFO → MUC
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Route confirmed Lufthansa

LH459 San FranciscoSFO · 22:40 MunichMUC · 17:55

LH459 by Lufthansa flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Munich (MUC) for the Tue, Oct 27 departure.

Right nowLanded in Munich · today
17:50

arrived at MUC · 5 min early

Typical gate push+7 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~12 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
10-27
−5 arrival
10-26
−5 gate · −5 arrival
10-25
+11 gate · −10 arrival
10-24
+7 gate · +5 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 →
MUCMunichOn-time likelyMUC delay board →
SFO→MUCevery 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
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SFO and MUC 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

San Francisco to Munich with Lufthansa · Wed 28 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.2%10.4× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.7%0.8× usual

Forecast weather: 36% chance of fog and 71% chance of rain at Munich

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other San Francisco to Munich flights today

same route · Lufthansa
LH9853departs 16:00

If LH459 is cancelled, this is the other Lufthansa nonstop flight from San Francisco to Munich on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SFO local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How LH459 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for LH459 across the SFO and MUC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 LH459 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
10-27SFO 22:40MUC 17:55 17:50 (−5)
10-26SFO 22:40 22:35 (−5)MUC 17:55 17:50 (−5)
10-25SFO 22:40 22:51 (+11)MUC 17:55 17:45 (−10)
10-24SFO 22:40 22:47 (+7)MUC 17:10 17:15 (+5)

Board clocks recorded as SFO and MUC published them.

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