UA61United Airlines · MEL → SFO
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA61 MelbourneMEL · 11:55 San FranciscoSFO · 08:10

UA61 by United Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.

Right nowEn route to San Francisco · off blocks 12:05 · 10 min late
07:57

estimated arrival at SFO · local time · ~3h 05m from now

En routeUA61 · position estimated
MELMelbourneSFOSan Francisco
Estimated from the boardsarr 07:57

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:05 · typical taxi-out at MEL ≈ 11 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~14 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-17
+10 gate · −13 arrival
10-16
−9 gate · −9 arrival
10-15
+5 gate · −18 arrival
10-14
+1 gate · −14 arrival
10-13
+19 gate · +1 arrival
10-12
+4 gate · +6 arrival
10-11
+8 gate

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 −9 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoHigh riskSFO delay board →
MEL→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
51%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+17 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MEL 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.

How UA61 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA61 across the MEL and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA61 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
10-17MEL 11:55 12:05 (+10)SFO 08:10 07:57 (−13)
10-16MEL 11:55 11:46 (−9)SFO 08:10 08:01 (−9)
10-15MEL 11:55 12:00 (+5)SFO 08:10 07:52 (−18)
10-14MEL 11:55 11:56 (+1)SFO 08:10 07:56 (−14)
10-13MEL 11:55 12:14 (+19)SFO 08:10 08:11 (+1)
10-12MEL 11:55 11:59 (+4)SFO 08:10 08:16 (+6)
10-11MEL 11:55 12:03 (+8)SFO 08:10

Aircraft

Recent tails: N29968, N24979, N29985, N24973.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and SFO published them.

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