Finishing off the summer, appropriately enough, with a flight from my hometown to the Bay, since I start college again shortly. San Francisco is one of seven non-stop services offered by United from Nashville, the others being Chicago, Denver, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark, and Washington-Dulles. This route, the only one United offers to the West Coast from Music City, sees the Boeing 737-800, 737-900/-900ER, 737 MAX 8, 737 MAX 9, Airbus A319, and Airbus A320, covering every narrowbody type in the mainline fleet except the 757 and the A321.
Server: Solo
Airline: United Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 737-900
Origin: Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee (BNA)
Destination: San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California (SFO)
Flight Number: UA483
Route: KBNA-KSFO
Seat: 5F (United First)
Time En Route: 4 Hours 29 Minutes
Boarding in the evening at Concourse A
Takeoff and climbout over downtown Nashville
Moonrise as we descend over the Sierras
Bumpy descent into the Bay
Landing on a foggy night in San Francisco
Exiting the runway near the massive United maintenance hangar
Parked with San Bruno Mountain looming in the distance
Jet getting readied for a flight to Houston