SFO → EWR United Airlines

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Newark, NJ · 3,790 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 36 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -7 min, while the worst 10% run +68 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+68 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is United Airlines from SFO to EWR?

Across every United Airlines flight number on SFO → EWR (3,790 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +68 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,77975%
16-30 min2557%
31-60 min2407%
61-120 min2447%
2+ hrs1715%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0731562%+26 min
2025-0830968%+19 min
2025-0929873%+14 min
2025-1032777%+9 min
2025-1128975%+18 min
2025-1230468%+18 min
2026-0128376%+9 min
2026-0225279%+2 min
2026-0330377%+1 min
2026-0432487%-8 min
2026-0533682%-1 min
2026-0634978%+7 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon53775%
Tue54580%
Wed53074%
Thu53274%
Fri54280%
Sat48875%
Sun51569%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…