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UA1890

Newark (EWR) to Raleigh–Durham (RDU) · scheduled 6:45 AM – 8:26 AM

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How UA1890 performs

460 operations, 2025-01-07 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
90.4%
407 of 450 completed
Cancellation rate
2.17%
10 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-13 min
Average -5.0 min
Severe delays
3.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
71 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
90.9%
Left the gate on time

UA1890 arrived on time 90.4% of the time, against 77.7% for all EWRRDU flights — this specific departure is 12.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 14.0 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 460 operations between 2025-01-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA189090.4%2.17%-13 min3.8%460
United Airlines on EWRRDU76.5%2.07%-8 min9.7%4,387
All EWRRDU flights77.7%2.78%-9 min9.2%6,863

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-01-07 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA1890 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.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
IAHBZN Houston to Bozeman2025-12-182026-01-0519
SDFORD Louisville to Chicago2025-05-042025-05-041
LAXEWR Los Angeles to Newark2023-08-012025-01-0637885.2%
EWRSRQ Newark to Sarasota/Bradenton2024-12-032024-12-1814
EWRCVG Newark to Cincinnati / Covington2024-03-072024-03-2917
IAHDEN Houston to Denver2023-12-212024-01-0819
MEMDEN Memphis to Denver2023-11-282023-12-2023
TPAIAD Tampa to Washington2023-10-292023-11-2730
IAHLAX Houston to Los Angeles2023-09-292023-10-2830
MSPDEN Minneapolis to Denver2023-09-052023-09-2824
EWRCLT Newark to Charlotte2023-08-012023-09-0430
EWRSFO Newark to San Francisco2023-07-012023-07-3131

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1890 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 460 records of UA1890 operating EWRRDU, 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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