UAL487 is operated by UNITED AIRLINES INC between George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport (KIAH) and San Francisco International Airport (KSFO). The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737-900. Typical block time is 2h 37m. SkyMeter has observed 132 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
132
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
2h 37m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
05/27/2025 → 08/20/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
9 / 5
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
0.8%
1 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

6
KIAH → KSFO
76
avg 3h 33m · George Bush Intercontinental Houston → San Francisco
KSFO → KSBP
42
avg 1h 7m · San Francisco → San Luis County
CT94 → KORD
4
avg 2h 17m · Tilcon Roncari, Inc. Heliport → Chicago O'Hare
KBDL → KORD
3
avg 2h 46m · Bradley → Chicago O'Hare
KHAF → KSBP
2
avg 1h 18m · Half Moon Bay → San Luis County
CT35 → KORD
1
avg 2h 37m · Hamilton Standard Heliport → Chicago O'Hare

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

5
B739 BOEING Boeing 737-900
71
A319 AIRBUS Airbus A319
52
B39M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
6
A320 AIRBUS Airbus A320
2
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
1

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
1
Rejected TO
0
Stall warnings
0
Overspeeds
0
Runway excursion
0
Counts represent flights with at least one occurrence of each flag, not the total event count. See /incidents for individual events.

Recent flights

Newest 30 operations of UAL487

30
N850UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
08/20/2026
2h 7m
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N802UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/17/2026
2h 24m
No alerts
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N848UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/16/2026
3h 21m
No alerts
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N891UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/15/2026
2h 32m
No alerts
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N875UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/14/2026
2h 24m
No alerts
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N811UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/13/2026
2h 23m
No alerts
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N842UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/12/2026
2h 37m
No alerts
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N76516BOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/11/2026
2h 13m
No alerts
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N802UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
08/10/2026
56m
No alerts
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N68452BOEING Boeing 737-900
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08/10/2026
3h 27m
No alerts
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N832UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/09/2026
20m
No alerts
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N825UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/08/2026
1h 3m
No alerts
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N38451BOEING Boeing 737-900
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08/08/2026
3h 23m
No alerts
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N807UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/07/2026
1h 8m
No alerts
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N77431BOEING Boeing 737-900
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08/07/2026
3h 29m
No alerts
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N889UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/06/2026
57m
No alerts
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N68817BOEING Boeing 737-900
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08/06/2026
3h 25m
No alerts
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N802UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/05/2026
59m
No alerts
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N77431BOEING Boeing 737-900
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08/05/2026
3h 43m
No alerts
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N853UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
08/04/2026
1h 8m
No alerts
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N38443BOEING Boeing 737-900
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08/04/2026
3h 29m
No alerts
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N831UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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08/03/2026
1h 16m
No alerts
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N73445BOEING Boeing 737-900
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08/03/2026
3h 31m
No alerts
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N874UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
08/02/2026
1h 2m
No alerts
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N68823BOEING Boeing 737-900
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08/02/2026
3h 37m
No alerts
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N847UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
08/01/2026
11m
No alerts
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N69813BOEING Boeing 737-900
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08/01/2026
3h 29m
No alerts
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N826UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
07/31/2026
1h 2m
No alerts
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N69847BOEING Boeing 737-900
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07/31/2026
3h 30m
No alerts
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N851UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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07/30/2026
59m
No alerts
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