UA488United Airlines · BUR → SFO
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA488 BurbankBUR · 07:00 San FranciscoSFO · 08:35

UA488 by United Airlines flies from Burbank (BUR) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowExpected in San Francisco · On time
08:35

arrival expected at SFO · on schedule

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+3 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-22
+11 gate
10-21
+11 gate · −21 arrival
10-20
+5 arrival
10-19
+22 gate · +3 arrival
10-18
+3 gate · −22 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 +3 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BURBurbankModerate riskBUR delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoModerate riskSFO delay board →
BUR→SFOevery 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
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+15 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BUR and SFO 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 →

When it flies

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

Other Burbank to San Francisco flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA4798departs 09:31
UA520departs 09:33
UA2386departs 11:16
UA1453departs 14:00
UA1066departs 16:09
UA2854departs 20:15

If UA488 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Burbank to San Francisco on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BUR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA488 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA488 across the BUR and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA488 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
10-22BUR 07:00 07:11 (+11)SFO 08:35
10-21BUR 07:00 07:11 (+11)SFO 08:35 08:14 (−21)
10-20BUR 07:00SFO 08:35 08:40 (+5)
10-19BUR 07:00 07:22 (+22)SFO 08:35 08:38 (+3)
10-18BUR 07:00 07:03 (+3)SFO 08:35 08:13 (−22)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N76515, N12225, N37305, N37253.

Board clocks recorded as BUR and SFO published them.

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