Flight Status & Tracker

UAL1278

UNITED AIRLINES INC · SMF → ORD · Last tracked Nov 12, 2026

UAL1278 is a flight number operated by UNITED AIRLINES INC between Sacramento International Airport (KSMF) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (KORD). SkyMeter last tracked UAL1278 on November 12, 2026. The flight is most often flown by a AIRBUS Airbus A319. Typical block time is 2h 25m. SkyMeter has observed 108 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

SkyMeter tracks historical flight activity from ADS-B data — this is not a live gate-to-gate status feed.

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FLIGHTS
108
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
2h 25m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
5/27/2025 → 11/12/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
15 / 7
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
0.0%
0 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

9
22
avg 3h 55m · Sacramento → Chicago O'Hare
19
avg 2h 27m · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood → George Bush Intercontinental Houston
16
avg 1h 9m · Chicago O'Hare → John Glenn Columbus
13
avg 4h 4m · San Francisco → Chicago O'Hare
12
avg 2h 42m · George Bush Intercontinental Houston → Ronald Reagan Washington National
1
avg 2h 21m · Miami-Opa Locka Executive → George Bush Intercontinental Houston
1
avg 2h 30m · Fort Lauderdale Executive → George Bush Intercontinental Houston
avg 3h 59m · Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco → Chicago O'Hare
1
avg 9m · Kearns → John Glenn Columbus

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
0
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 UAL1278

30
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