UA1261 SLC → EWR

United Airlines · Salt Lake City, UT to Newark, NJ · 68 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-09-24 · 1,969 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 88% on-time on Mondays vs. 50% on Thursdays.

UA1261 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SLC → EWR, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+66 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA1261 on time?

Across 68 flights on SLC → EWR from 2025-07-01 to 2025-09-24, UA1261 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 70% of the time. The median arrival delay was -2 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +66 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time4670%
16-30 min812%
31-60 min58%
61-120 min23%
2+ hrs58%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072955%+36 min
2025-081385%+5 min
2025-092479%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon888%
Tue1182%
Wed1173%
Thu1050%
Fri863%
Sat967%
Sun967%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…