Flight profile · United Airlines
UA1626
Newark (EWR) to San Diego (SAN) · scheduled 4:50 PM – 7:13 PM
How UA1626 performs
947 operations, 2023-10-29 to 2026-06-30.
UA1626 arrived on time 78.8% of the time, against 77.8% for all EWR → SAN flights — this specific departure is 1.0 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 1.3 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 947 operations between 2023-10-29 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1626 | 78.8% | 1.69% | -9 min | 8.4% | 947 |
| United Airlines on EWR → SAN | 80.1% | 1.59% | -10 min | 7.6% | 3,784 |
| All EWR → SAN flights | 77.8% | 1.81% | -9 min | 8.7% | 4,757 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-10-29 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does UA1626 run worse on particular days?
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Saturday the least, a gap of 9.4 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-10-29 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes UA1626 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLL→EWR Fort Lauderdale to Newark | 2026-05-21 – 2026-06-24 | 35 | — |
| RSW→EWR Fort Myers to Newark | 2026-04-30 – 2026-05-20 | 21 | — |
| JAX→EWR Jacksonville to Newark | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| PBI→EWR West Palm Beach to Newark | 2025-09-02 – 2025-09-24 | 23 | — |
| SAN→SFO San Diego to San Francisco | 2025-03-06 – 2025-03-28 | 17 | — |
| LGA→ORD New York to Chicago | 2023-07-03 – 2023-10-28 | 110 | 75.9% |
| ORD→ICT Chicago to Wichita | 2023-07-01 – 2023-10-28 | 110 | 59.6% |
| IAH→LGA Houston to New York | 2023-08-02 – 2023-09-04 | 28 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1626 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 947 records of UA1626 operating EWR → SAN, 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.