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UA5873 United Airlines - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about United Airlines flight UA5873, which currently operates between the airports of Santa Ana - John Wayne Airport (Airport Code SNA) and San Francisco - San Francisco International Airport (Airport Code SFO).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Sunday, January 11, 2026.

UA5873 On Time performance:
n/a
It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions.

Flight Status

UA5873 United Airlines from Santa Ana

Scheduled - On-time
Flight Status for Sunday January 11, 2026
This flight was also scheduled for Yesterday (January 10, 2026). See it here
This flight is also scheduled for Tomorrow (January 12, 2026). See it here

Airline information

United Airlines
United Airlines
Equipment: Canadair (Bombardier) Regional Jet 700 and Challenger 870

Departure

Santa Ana (SNA)
January 11, 2026
John Wayne Airport
Estimated Departure Time:
07:50 pm
Terminal:
-
Gate:
1A
Scheduled Departure Time: 07:50 pm

Arrival

San Francisco (SFO)
January 11, 2026
San Francisco International Airport
Estimated Arrival Time:
09:40 pm
Terminal:
3
Gate:
F18
Scheduled Arrival Time: 09:40 pm
Baggage: 7
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Codeshare Flights

This flight is shared with other airlines, this means that these other flights are the same:

- AC4247 - Air Canada

- CM2507 - Copa Airlines

- NZ9698 - Air New Zealand

- VA8588 - Virgin Australia

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight UA5873?
The flight UA5873 is scheduled to flight on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight UA5873?
The distance between the two airports is 372 miles.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
Yes, both airports are in the same timezone.

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Santa Ana and San Francisco:

Alaska Airlines
- Flight Number: AS3216. (On Time performance: 86 - Average Delay: 11 minutes)
- Flight Number: AS3231. (On Time performance: 50 - Average Delay: 46 minutes)
- Flight Number: AS3248. (On Time performance: 69 - Average Delay: 32 minutes)
- Flight Number: AS3251. (On Time performance: 95 - Average Delay: 6 minutes)
- Flight Number: AS3320. (On Time performance: 55 - Average Delay: 52 minutes)
- Flight Number: AS3434. (On Time performance: 50 - Average Delay: 112 minutes)
- Flight Number: AS3440. (On Time performance: 68 - Average Delay: 39 minutes)
- Flight Number: AS3441. (On Time performance: 76 - Average Delay: 26 minutes)
- Flight Number: AS3450. (On Time performance: 70 - Average Delay: 21 minutes)
- Flight Number: AS3486.
- Flight Number: AS3492. (On Time performance: 79 - Average Delay: 8 minutes)
- Flight Number: AS3494. (On Time performance: 55 - Average Delay: 27 minutes)

Frontier Airlines
- Flight Number: F93581. (On Time performance: 39 - Average Delay: 33 minutes)

United Airlines
- Flight Number: UA1746. (On Time performance: 26 - Average Delay: 75 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA2495. (On Time performance: 63 - Average Delay: 32 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA285. (On Time performance: 74 - Average Delay: 19 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA301.
- Flight Number: UA336. (On Time performance: 87 - Average Delay: 9 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA5213.
- Flight Number: UA5496. (On Time performance: 63 - Average Delay: 45 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA5715. (On Time performance: 81 - Average Delay: 17 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA5805. (On Time performance: 71 - Average Delay: 27 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA5940. (On Time performance: 86 - Average Delay: 21 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA773. (On Time performance: 42 - Average Delay: 110 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions.

Delays analyzed by Week: It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately by weekday due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions
Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from January 02, 2025 to May 21, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Last Past Flights UA5873

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Saturday
10 January
07:45 pm
Santa Ana (SNA)
09:26 pm
San Francisco (SFO)
01h 41min
Embraer 175 (E
Embraer 175 (E
Landed - On-time
Friday
09 January
07:40 pm
Santa Ana (SNA)
09:12 pm
San Francisco (SFO)
01h 32min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time
Thursday
08 January
07:45 pm
Santa Ana (SNA)
09:20 pm
San Francisco (SFO)
01h 35min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
07 January
07:40 pm
Santa Ana (SNA)
09:12 pm
San Francisco (SFO)
01h 32min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
06 January
07:40 pm
Santa Ana (SNA)
09:02 pm
San Francisco (SFO)
01h 22min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time