United Airlines Boeing 747-400 Full Flight | Frankfurt to San Francisco | UA927 (with ATC)

A full flight video with United Airlines onboard Boeing 747-400 N181UA operating flight UA927 from Frankfurt to San Francisco on June 17 2017.

Airline: United Airlines
Flight: UA927 (callsign "UNITED 927")
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 N181UA
From: Frankfurt (FRA)
To: San Francisco (SFO)
Departure: 17:50
Arrival: 19:33
Flight Time: 10:43
Seat: 53A

Our trip to San Francisco begins today in the terminal at Frankfurt International Airport. We make our way to our gate, Z25, where our beautiful aircraft is waiting for us. After a secondary security check and document check we board our aircraft and take our seat in row 53. Before long we are welcomed onboard by our captain, Molly Flanagan, who welcomes us aboard 'this beautiful Boeing 747, which we have the privilege of flying to San Francisco today'. We soon push back from the stand and the mighty engines power into life, before we taxi to runway 25C. We make a heavy climb out, before making a right turn to head towards Germany's north coast. We fly north over the North Sea, before hitting the east coast of Greenland around 3.5 hours into the flight. We are treated to fantastic views of the mountains in the east of Greenland, before heading across the enormous Greenland Ice Sheet, which is 680 miles wide. After we cross Greenland's west coast, we fly over Baffin Island, Canada, and get some amazing views of Canada's frozen north. We head down across the Northwest Territories towards Yellowknife, before the ground gradually changes from ice to rock, and eventually plains as we fly over Alberta. We get a great view of Edmonton, and Banff National Park. From there we head into the US over Washington which is cloudy. The cloud clears again as we pass into Oregon, giving us great views of the Beaver State. We head towards the border with California, crossing more beautiful scenery as we head south. We commence our descent and are soon getting a wonderful view of San Francisco. We pass the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, downtown and the entire bay area all within a few minutes. We then make a sweeping left turn over the mountains, taking a visual approach to runway 28R. We approach over the bay and touch down very smoothly on runway 28R. We then exit the runway and taxi into the terminal, disembarking through the forward doors and saying goodbye to Captain Molly Flanagan as we leave the aircraft. We head to CBP (passport control) and then through the baggage claim and customs, emerging from the airport on a beautiful sunny evening.

TIMELINE

0:00:06 Walking through Frankfurt Airport to departure gate
0:06:38 Our Boeing 747 on stand
0:07:18 Boarding and taking our seat in 53A
0:48:47 Captain Molly Flanagan welcomes us onboard
0:58:00 Pushback and engine start
1:00:04 Safety video
1:05:40 Taxi to runway 25C
1:11:13 Takeoff from runway 25C
1:37:39 After takeoff water
1:39:34 After takeoff snack
1:44:15 Crossing Dutch coast near to Groningen
1:52:43 Cabin overview
2:06:14 Checking our progress on the Flight Nav app and FlightRadar24
2:16:55 Dinner service
2:26:55 Wine service
2:44:32 Cabin overview
4:35:46 Cabin overview
4:37:14 Crossing east coast of Greenland
5:04:57 Rear cabin overview
5:12:42 Cabin overview
5:30:37 Cabin overview
6:23:11 Ice floes in Baffin Bay
6:31:23 Crossing Canadian coast over Baffin Island
6:43:52 Beautiful inlets on Baffin Island
7:37:59 Drinks service
9:04:30 East of Fort McMurray, Alberta
9:30:00 Edmonton, Alberta
9:51:38 Banff National Park
10:47:47 Malheur National Forest, OR
10:48:58 Snack service
10:58:33 Lake Abert, OR
11:04:28 Fremont National Forest, OR
11:14:53 Burney Mountain, CA
11:24:00 Close flyby: Alaska Airlines B737-800, SJC-PDX
11:28:45 Top of descent
11:29:35 Antelope Valley, CA
11:30:08 ATC: Contacting Oakland Center
11:36:02 Petaluma, CA
11:38:32 San Pablo Bay, CA
11:40:29 San Franciso Bay, Golden Gate Bridge
11:41:06 San Francisco, CA
11:43:52 San Mateo Bridge
11:44:40 Foster City, CA
11:52:38 Turning onto final approach to runway 28R
11:55:15 Landing on runway 28R, taxi to gate
12:06:20 Disembarking through forward doors, walking through terminal
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[jgrn]

I am a retired flight attendant for United and have flown this route many times. Your video is astounding. It captures the peace of flying perfectly and the approach is second to none. I showed this to my wife and told her, “this is why I did what I did”. Thank you so much for doing this.

[BIOHAZARDXXXX]

When mom says I'm allowed to watch 1 more video before bed

[hittingtax]

left at 5:50 pm, arrived at 7:33 pm; only 1 hour and 43 minutes went by. amazing! 😎

[teddym]

I know they are being phased out for more efficient airliners but the 747 will always be my favourite plane of all time.

[aj]

The north approach to SFO certainly ranks up there when it comes to scenic aircraft approaches. Great video, appreciate the efforts you take in uploading whole flights.

[engelundgeister]

What do I know about aviation technology? Not a thing! But, the APPROACH, "FLARE", "TOUCH-DOWN" were FLAWLESS! Not a BUMP, and only indicator that plane had landed was brief puff of smoke! "Reverse thrusters" weren't even deployed! This was a landing even smoother than a Mom puts her baby, in his crib!!! Phenomenal! Never seen anything as this landing! How I'd love to take this flight: North Sea, Greenland, Canadian Arctic!! Superb, and this video was magnificent! Thanks, Mr. Philips! Your videos feed my addiction to FLIGHT, when I cannot fly, myself! Blessings, to you and yours! :)

[leogonzalez]

Wow. I respect you a lot man. It must be a lot of work to film, edit and upload those long videos. I really appreciate you man. You a great mate. I like you.

[tyjoseph]

Best Part was when you flew over my hometown, Edmonton and Edmonton International Airport from 9:30:44 to about 9:33:20! Haha I was delightfully surprised to see it was the only city or location that wasn’t covered by thick cloud layer! What a coincidence! Awesome videos as always! Keep it up!

[MostafaMansoori]

It's amazing that they still fly the awesome queen of the skies, the Boeing 747-400!

[stephaniemellon]

12 hours ? Yes!!! Know what I'm watching after work tonight thanks for this

[engelundgeister]

The Captain is a gentleman who LOVES his work, and it shows!

[adoptmecoolboyrd]

Thanks for sharing. It would have been nice if you've filmed inside of the aircraft a little bit. Thanks again, it's beautiful video.

[kennymaclaurin]

I like this video to help me fall asleep at night
My favourite plane and my favourite noise

[barbarairwin]

This, video is very much both pleasant, relaxing, enjoy the sound of the plane's engines !!

[garyjanssen]

Flying from NZ to the Netherlands as a youngster my folks cut me lose on the the plane, It was a DC 10 I believe, Pissed eveyone off Not!! Don't believe what eveyone says, I was a model young flyer and miss it dearly, this video brings back memories what was like real-time, so cool, cheers, Chook

[TheSlayerXnight]

Amazing video! Took me 5 days to watch the whole vid and it was definitely worth watching the every second

[TheKimchipower]

I especially loved the tail end of the video with the ATC dialogue. Thanks for sharing.

[henryh]

12Hours 16 mins and 2 seconds of this flight video is amazing. My first time seeing Youtbers who really flim that long. Keep up the good work Inflight VIDEO =) Cheers

[malemokischmoo]

been to SFO last year and had the same approach as you had but only on a morning, and man that view over the Cal. hills still foggy its such a nice sight. Thank you for your superb videos perfect for relaxing. Safe Landings!

[flightsy]

Hey man, I respect You and everything that you have done with these types of long flights. Thank you for making these types of videos!