UAL491 is operated by UNITED AIRLINES INC between Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) and George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport (KIAH). The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737-900. Typical block time is 1h 58m. SkyMeter has observed 172 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
172
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
1h 58m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
5/27/2025 → 8/11/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
4 / 6
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
0.0%
0 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

2
KLAX → KIAH
87
avg 3h 0m · Los Angeles → George Bush Intercontinental Houston
KIAH → KMSY
82
avg 50m · George Bush Intercontinental Houston → Louis Armstrong New Orleans

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

6
B739 BOEING Boeing 737-900
75
B39M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
73
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
13
A320 AIRBUS Airbus A320
5
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
4
A319 AIRBUS Airbus A319
2

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 UAL491

30
N496UAAIRBUS Airbus A320
→
8/11/2026
47m
No alerts
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N17583BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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8/11/2026
3h 0m
No alerts
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N75410BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/10/2026
45m
No alerts
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N17529BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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8/10/2026
2h 55m
No alerts
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N97424BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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8/9/2026
3h 3m
No alerts
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N39463BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/8/2026
45m
No alerts
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N62849BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/8/2026
3h 5m
No alerts
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N79402BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/7/2026
45m
No alerts
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N57451BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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8/7/2026
3h 16m
No alerts
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N79279BOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/6/2026
43m
No alerts
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N17437BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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8/6/2026
2h 58m
No alerts
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N66897BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/5/2026
2h 58m
No alerts
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N30401BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/4/2026
44m
No alerts
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N17406BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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8/4/2026
2h 57m
No alerts
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N62894BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/3/2026
44m
No alerts
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N77559BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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8/3/2026
2h 58m
No alerts
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N35407BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/2/2026
56m
No alerts
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N37548BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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8/2/2026
2h 57m
No alerts
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N39416BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/1/2026
57m
No alerts
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N68801BOEING Boeing 737-900
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8/1/2026
3h 4m
No alerts
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N71411BOEING Boeing 737-900
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7/31/2026
58m
No alerts
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N37513BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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7/31/2026
3h 8m
No alerts
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N12216BOEING Boeing 737-800
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7/30/2026
53m
No alerts
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N47446BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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7/30/2026
3h 7m
No alerts
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N39415BOEING Boeing 737-900
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7/29/2026
3h 1m
No alerts
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N75410BOEING Boeing 737-900
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7/28/2026
54m
No alerts
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N37563BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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7/28/2026
3h 12m
No alerts
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N72405BOEING Boeing 737-900
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7/27/2026
54m
No alerts
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N77592BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
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7/27/2026
3h 28m
No alerts
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N30401BOEING Boeing 737-900
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7/26/2026
54m
No alerts
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