UA888United Airlines · SFO → PEK
live · 2m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA888 San FranciscoSFO · 10:35 BeijingPEK · 15:25

UA888 by United Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Beijing (PEK) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Beijing · off blocks 10:37 · 2 min late
21:59

estimated arrival at PEK · local time · landing about now

LivePosition · updated 6m ago
PEK5,888 mi leftSFO
4,600 ftAltitudeclimbing
300 mphSpeed261 kt
306°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 6 min

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+111 minmedian over 2 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+37+74+111 min
10-22
+2 gate
10-21
+55 gate · +111 arrival
10-20
+15 gate · +44 arrival

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 →
PEKBeijingOn-time likelyPEK delay board →
SFO→PEKevery 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
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+15 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SFO and PEK 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 UA888 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA888 across the SFO and PEK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +111 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA888 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-22SFO 10:35 10:37 (+2)PEK 15:25
10-21SFO 10:35 11:30 (+55)PEK 15:25 17:16 (+111)
10-20SFO 10:35 10:50 (+15)PEK 15:25 16:09 (+44)

Board clocks recorded as SFO and PEK published them.

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