UA6021United Airlines · SMF → LAX
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA6021 SacramentoSMF · 10:17 Los AngelesLAX · 12:05

UA6021 by United Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowExpected · today · as of 06:33
10:17

departs SMF · on schedule

⚖ UA6021 typically leaves +11 and lands −33. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−33 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~44 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
−35 arrival
10-28
+10 gate · −35 arrival
10-27
+11 gate · −11 arrival
10-26
−4 gate · −41 arrival
10-25
+4 gate · −41 arrival
10-24
+15 gate · −32 arrival
10-23
+1 gate · −38 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 −33 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
SMF→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SMF and LAX 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

Sacramento to Los Angeles with United Airlines · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
6.1%1.1× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

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

Other Sacramento to Los Angeles flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA3969departs 06:18
UA1855departs 07:23
UA5390departs 07:39
UA5222departs 15:55
UA5259departs 16:05
UA5628departs 18:38

If UA6021 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SMF 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 UA6021 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA6021 across the SMF and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~21 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 12/12 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 UA6021 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
10-29SMF 10:17LAX 12:05 11:30 (−35)
10-28SMF 10:17 10:27 (+10)LAX 12:05 11:30 (−35)
10-27SMF 10:17 10:28 (+11)LAX 12:05 11:54 (−11)
10-26SMF 10:17 10:13 (−4)LAX 12:05 11:24 (−41)
10-25SMF 10:17 10:21 (+4)LAX 12:05 11:24 (−41)
10-24SMF 10:12 10:27 (+15)LAX 11:58 11:26 (−32)
10-23SMF 10:12 10:13 (+1)LAX 11:58 11:20 (−38)
10-22SMF 10:12 10:27 (+15)LAX 11:58 11:31 (−27)
10-21SMF 10:12 10:28 (+16)LAX 11:58 11:42 (−16)
10-20SMF 10:12 10:24 (+12)LAX 11:58 11:36 (−22)
10-19SMF 10:12 10:18 (+6)LAX 11:58 11:42 (−16)
10-18SMF LAX 11:58 11:23 (−35)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N625UX, N617UX, N85369, N606UX.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and LAX published them.

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