UA1980 EWR → IAH

United Airlines · Newark, NJ to Houston, TX · 31 flights observed, 2025-09-25 to 2025-10-25 · 1,400 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2025-10's on-time rate (72%) is well below the 100% average from earlier months.

UA1980 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for EWR → IAH, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+44 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is UA1980 on time?

Across 31 flights on EWR → IAH from 2025-09-25 to 2025-10-25, UA1980 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 77% of the time. The median arrival delay was -4 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +44 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2477%
16-30 min13%
31-60 min310%
61-120 min26%
2+ hrs13%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-096100%-23 min
2025-102572%+14 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon475%
Tue475%
Wed4100%
Thu560%
Fri560%
Sat580%
Sun4100%

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