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UA1556

Newark (EWR) to San Juan (SJU) · scheduled 9:46 AM – 1:45 PM

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How UA1556 performs

1,096 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
77.8%
846 of 1,088 completed
Cancellation rate
0.73%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-5 min
Average 4.4 min
Severe delays
5.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
52 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
84.0%
Left the gate on time

UA1556 arrived on time 77.8% of the time, against 70.2% for all EWRSJU flights — this specific departure is 7.6 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.9 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,096 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA155677.8%0.73%-5 min5.5%1,096
United Airlines on EWRSJU71.8%1.42%-4 min10.2%3,304
All EWRSJU flights70.2%1.85%-3 min11.9%6,654

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does UA1556 run worse on particular days?

Monday79.9%
Tuesday78.8%
Wednesday80.1%
Thursday71.8%
Friday77.6%
Saturday71.2%
Sunday85.1%

Sunday is historically the most reliable day and Saturday the least, a gap of 13.9 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,096 records of UA1556 operating EWRSJU, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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