UA1862United Airlines · SFO → SMF
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UA1862 San FranciscoSFO · 20:45 SacramentoSMF · 21:42

UA1862 by United Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Sacramento (SMF).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
07:38

scheduled from SFO

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−18 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~15 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
10-30
−3 gate · −18 arrival
10-24
−3 gate · −14 arrival
10-23
−3 gate · −18 arrival
10-22
+85 gate

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 →
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
SFO→SMFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SFO and SMF are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 Sacramento with United Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.2%19.9× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.9%0.8× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 4 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 Sacramento flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA9726departs 05:30
UA3900departs 06:30
UA5220departs 08:25
UA4790departs 12:05
UA5770departs 16:10
UA5796departs 18:33

If UA1862 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Sacramento on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SFO local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How UA1862 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1862 across the SFO and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1862 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
10-30SFO 20:45 20:42 (−3)SMF 21:42 21:24 (−18)
10-24SFO 18:45 18:42 (−3)SMF 19:42 19:28 (−14)
10-23SFO 20:45 20:42 (−3)SMF 21:42 21:24 (−18)
10-22SFO 20:45 22:10 (+85)SMF

Aircraft

Recent tails: N77576, N75432.

Board clocks recorded as SFO and SMF published them.

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