UAL487 is operated by WILMINGTON TRUST CO TRUSTEE 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 46m. SkyMeter has observed 142 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
142
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
2h 46m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
5/27/2025 → 8/11/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
9 / 6
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
0.7%
1 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

6
KIAH → KSFO
86
avg 3h 34m · George Bush Intercontinental Houston → San Francisco
KSFO → KSBP
42
avg 1h 7m · San Francisco → San Luis County
KSFO → KIND
5
avg 4h 12m · San Francisco → Indianapolis
KHAF → KSBP
2
avg 1h 18m · Half Moon Bay → San Luis County
CT94 → KORD
1
avg 2h 14m · Tilcon Roncari, Inc. Heliport → Chicago O'Hare
KHAF → KIND
1
avg 4h 12m · Half Moon Bay → Indianapolis

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

6
B739 BOEING Boeing 737-900
75
A319 AIRBUS Airbus A319
45
B39M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
13
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
4
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
3
A320 AIRBUS Airbus A320
2

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
N76516BOEING Boeing 737-800
→
8/11/2026
2h 13m
No alerts
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N802UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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8/10/2026
56m
No alerts
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N68452BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/10/2026
3h 27m
No alerts
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N832UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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8/9/2026
20m
No alerts
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N825UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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8/8/2026
1h 3m
No alerts
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N38451BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/8/2026
3h 23m
No alerts
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N807UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
8/7/2026
1h 8m
No alerts
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N77431BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/7/2026
3h 29m
No alerts
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N889UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
8/6/2026
57m
No alerts
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N68817BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/6/2026
3h 25m
No alerts
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N802UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
8/5/2026
59m
No alerts
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N77431BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/5/2026
3h 43m
No alerts
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N853UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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8/4/2026
1h 8m
No alerts
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N38443BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/4/2026
3h 29m
No alerts
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N831UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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8/3/2026
1h 16m
No alerts
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N73445BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/3/2026
3h 31m
No alerts
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N874UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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8/2/2026
1h 2m
No alerts
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N68823BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/2/2026
3h 37m
No alerts
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N847UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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8/1/2026
11m
No alerts
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N69813BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/1/2026
3h 29m
No alerts
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N826UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
7/31/2026
1h 2m
No alerts
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N69847BOEING Boeing 737-900
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7/31/2026
3h 30m
No alerts
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N851UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
7/30/2026
59m
No alerts
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N37420BOEING Boeing 737-900
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7/30/2026
3h 30m
No alerts
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N831UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
7/29/2026
1h 6m
No alerts
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N69847BOEING Boeing 737-900
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7/29/2026
3h 32m
No alerts
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N881UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
→
7/28/2026
54m
No alerts
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N68821BOEING Boeing 737-900
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7/28/2026
3h 20m
No alerts
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N844UAAIRBUS Airbus A319
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7/27/2026
1h 4m
No alerts
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N69847BOEING Boeing 737-900
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7/27/2026
3h 15m
No alerts
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