The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 17L at KDEN, a movement that required 17 minutes and covered 2 nm.

During the departure roll on runway 17L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 166 kt and left the ground after traveling 2,734 m, which represented 75 % of the runway length; local conditions were a temperature of 27 °C, wind 6 kt from 240°, a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.

The initial climb commenced 3 mi south-east of KDEN, with the aircraft climbing from 6,278 ft asl to 17,928 ft asl, an altitude gain of 11,650 ft achieved in 16 minutes while covering 86 nm.

A brief level cruise began 10 mi north of Vail and lasted 2 minutes, during which the aircraft proceeded 10 nm.

A second climb started 8 mi north-west of Edwards, raising the aircraft from 18,053 ft asl to 34,005 ft asl, an increase of 15,952 ft in 18 minutes over a distance of 124 nm.

The next cruise segment originated 20 mi north-west of UT42 Westwater Airport Cisco, extending for 478 minutes and covering 500 nm.

Descent began 6 mi north of El Portal, with the aircraft descending from 33,664 ft asl to 1,310 ft asl, a loss of 32,354 ft completed in 22 minutes while traveling 120 nm.

The final approach to runway 28R at KSFO was executed from the south-east, on a heading of 298.0°, at 4 nm and 1,287 ft agl.

Landing on runway 28R, which is 3,516 m long, was performed with a threshold speed of 141 kt; touchdown occurred 345 m down the runway at 138 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 300 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment. Weather at the time was 16 °C, wind 3 kt from 265°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.

The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,489 m, representing 42 % of the runway, and the runway-rollout alignment was perfect.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

In total, the flight covered 850 nm, lasted 147 minutes, and consumed 5,593 kg of fuel.