Flight profile · United Airlines
UA487
Houston (IAH) to San Francisco (SFO) · scheduled 5:00 AM – 7:22 AM
How UA487 performs
278 operations, 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30.
UA487 arrived on time 96.7% of the time, against 77.3% for all IAH → SFO flights — this specific departure is 19.4 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 19.4 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 278 operations between 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA487 | 96.7% | 0.36% | -18 min | 1.8% | 278 |
| United Airlines on IAH → SFO | 77.3% | 0.97% | -6 min | 8.0% | 10,034 |
| All IAH → SFO flights | 77.3% | 0.97% | -6 min | 8.0% | 10,034 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA487 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFO→SBP San Francisco to San Luis Obispo | 2026-06-25 – 2026-06-30 | 6 | — |
| SFO→IND San Francisco to Indianapolis | 2026-03-29 – 2026-05-20 | 53 | — |
| IND→ORD Indianapolis to Chicago | 2026-04-30 – 2026-04-30 | 1 | — |
| SFO→OGG San Francisco to Kahului | 2026-03-05 – 2026-03-27 | 23 | — |
| SFO→PDX San Francisco to Portland | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-04 | 21 | — |
| SFO→ONT San Francisco to Ontario | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-09 | 25 | — |
| MFE→IAH McAllen to Houston | 2026-02-04 – 2026-02-04 | 1 | — |
| SFO→BUR San Francisco to Burbank | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| SFO→MFR San Francisco to Medford | 2025-05-01 – 2025-10-25 | 143 | 90.9% |
| ATL→SFO Atlanta to San Francisco | 2025-02-13 – 2025-08-18 | 141 | 80.1% |
| SAT→IAD San Antonio to Washington | 2025-06-01 – 2025-06-23 | 17 | — |
| DEN→RDU Denver to Raleigh–Durham | 2025-01-07 – 2025-02-12 | 37 | — |
| DEN→PBI Denver to West Palm Beach | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 19 | — |
| IAH→ORD Houston to Chicago | 2024-12-03 – 2024-12-18 | 16 | — |
| SFO→CLE San Francisco to Cleveland | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-02 | 37 | — |
| ABQ→SFO Albuquerque to San Francisco | 2024-08-20 – 2024-10-31 | 42 | — |
| SFO→IAD San Francisco to Washington | 2023-09-05 – 2024-10-26 | 319 | 81.1% |
| IAD→BOS Washington to Boston | 2024-05-23 – 2024-09-25 | 73 | — |
| LAX→SFO Los Angeles to San Francisco | 2023-07-01 – 2024-08-18 | 143 | 83.7% |
| SFO→EWR San Francisco to Newark | 2024-06-27 – 2024-06-30 | 4 | — |
| RNO→SFO Reno to San Francisco | 2024-05-23 – 2024-06-26 | 35 | — |
| IAD→MCO Washington to Orlando | 2024-03-07 – 2024-03-30 | 24 | — |
| DEN→SEA Denver to Seattle | 2024-02-15 – 2024-03-06 | 21 | — |
| MCO→IAD Orlando to Washington | 2023-11-23 – 2023-11-23 | 1 | — |
| IAD→RDU Washington to Raleigh–Durham | 2023-09-29 – 2023-10-28 | 30 | — |
| SFO→ATL San Francisco to Atlanta | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA487 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 278 records of UA487 operating IAH → SFO, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.