UA153United Airlines · HKG → LAX
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UA153 Hong KongHKG · 11:25 Los AngelesLAX · 09:05

UA153 by United Airlines flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowEn route to Los Angeles · off blocks 11:45 · 20 min late
En route

en route from HKG to LAX

En routeUA153 · position estimated
HKGHong KongLAXLos Angeles
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 11:45 · typical taxi-out at HKG ≈ 10.9 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ UA153 typically leaves +0 and lands −17. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+20 gate · +21 arrival
10-28
+0 gate · +21 arrival
10-27
−2 gate · −5 arrival
10-26
+1 gate · −11 arrival
10-25
−5 gate · −36 arrival
10-24
+50 gate · +8 arrival
10-23
+4 gate · −48 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 −17 min · 1 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
HKG→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at HKG 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 →

Tomorrow at Hong Kong

Forecast

Fri 30 Oct, local date

High30°Clikely 29°C to 31°C
Low25°Clikely 24°C to 26°C
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%usually 0.6%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.7%usually 4.0%

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 440 departures a day. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Los Angeles

Forecast

Thu 29 Oct, local date

High21°Clikely 20°C to 22°C
Low17°Clikely 16°C to 18°C
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.7%usually 0.8%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.4%usually 8.0%

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 740 departures a day. · 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 Hong Kong to Los Angeles flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA3904departs 14:30
UA821departs 21:45

If UA153 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Hong Kong to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HKG local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA153 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA153 across the HKG and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 9/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA153 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
10-29HKG 11:25 11:45 (+20)LAX 09:05 09:26 (+21)
10-28HKG 11:25 (+0)LAX 09:05 09:26 (+21)
10-27HKG 11:25 11:23 (−2)LAX 09:05 09:00 (−5)
10-26HKG 11:25 11:26 (+1)LAX 09:05 08:54 (−11)
10-25HKG 12:40 12:35 (−5)LAX 11:10 10:34 (−36)
10-24HKG 12:40 13:30 (+50)LAX 11:10 11:18 (+8)
10-23HKG 12:40 12:44 (+4)LAX 11:10 10:22 (−48)
10-22HKG 12:40 12:32 (−8)LAX 11:10 10:25 (−45)
10-21HKG 12:40 12:36 (−4)LAX 11:10 10:28 (−42)
10-20HKG 12:40 12:33 (−7)LAX 11:10
10-19HKG 12:40 12:36 (−4)LAX 11:10 11:18 (+8)
10-18HKG 12:40 12:34 (−6)LAX 11:10 10:49 (−21)
10-17HKG 12:40 13:28 (+48)LAX 11:10 10:53 (−17)
10-16HKG 12:40 12:45 (+5)LAX 11:10 10:14 (−56)
10-15CANCELLED

Aircraft

Recent tails: N24988, N25982, N27957, N29989.

Board clocks recorded as HKG and LAX published them.

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