Flight profile · United Airlines
UA1979
Newark (EWR) to Tampa (TPA) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 9:56 AM
How UA1979 performs
754 operations, 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30.
UA1979 arrived on time 92.8% of the time, against 77.7% for all EWR → TPA flights — this specific departure is 15.1 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 · 754 operations between 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1979 | 92.8% | 2.12% | -15 min | 1.8% | 754 |
| United Airlines on EWR → TPA | 78.8% | 2.61% | -10 min | 8.0% | 7,043 |
| All EWR → TPA flights | 77.7% | 2.77% | -9 min | 8.7% | 8,410 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA1979 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TPA→LAX Tampa to Los Angeles | 2026-04-30 – 2026-05-20 | 21 | — |
| EWR→DEN Newark to Denver | 2026-01-06 – 2026-01-09 | 2 | — |
| TPA→IAH Tampa to Houston | 2024-03-07 – 2025-12-17 | 410 | 84.3% |
| IAH→DFW Houston to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-05-24 – 2025-09-01 | 20 | — |
| IAH→MIA Houston to Miami | 2025-08-01 – 2025-08-18 | 11 | — |
| IAH→PHX Houston to Phoenix | 2025-06-26 – 2025-07-31 | 25 | — |
| IAH→PDX Houston to Portland | 2025-05-22 – 2025-06-25 | 35 | — |
| IAH→OMA Houston to Omaha | 2025-05-01 – 2025-05-21 | 3 | — |
| IAH→LAS Houston to Las Vegas | 2024-12-03 – 2024-12-18 | 16 | — |
| IAH→MSY Houston to New Orleans | 2024-03-07 – 2024-03-29 | 19 | — |
| IAD→EWR Washington to Newark | 2023-09-05 – 2024-02-14 | 143 | 95.0% |
| ORD→IAH Chicago to Houston | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-08 | 19 | — |
| EWR→CHS Newark to Charleston | 2023-09-29 – 2023-09-29 | 1 | — |
| EWR→GSP Newark to Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg | 2023-09-05 – 2023-09-28 | 23 | — |
| PDX→EWR Portland to Newark | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1979 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 754 records of UA1979 operating EWR → TPA, 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.