UA 505San Francisco to Houston

United Airlines🇺🇸SFO🇺🇸IAHSan Francisco International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

Departs

23:59

local to San Francisco

Operates

Daily

S26 schedule

Distance

2,627 km

1,632 miles

Typical delay

41 min

32 departures

The route

Great circle, 2,627 km

2,627 km (1,632 miles) great-circle, measured between the two airports' published coordinates. The line is the shortest path over the globe, which on a flat map bows away from a straight line.

How delayed is UA 505?

Measured over months

This flight leaves San Francisco International Airport a typical 41 minutes late (likely 27 to 52), across 32 departures we tracked between 2026-04-14 and 2026-06-27.

median delay of tracked departures on this leg. Flight Owl's own resolved departure predictions (flights our users tracked), not a census of all flights at the airport.

Where it goes

SFO → IAHSan Francisco to HoustonEvery airline on this route SFOSan Francisco International AirportDeparture airport IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportArrival airport

How these numbers are measured