Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2416
San Francisco (SFO) to Newark (EWR) · scheduled 11:55 PM – 8:01 AM
How UA2416 performs
384 operations, 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-30.
UA2416 arrived on time 74.2% of the time, against 76.2% for all SFO → EWR flights — this specific departure is 2.0 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 1.2 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 384 operations between 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2416 | 74.2% | 3.13% | -4 min | 8.6% | 384 |
| United Airlines on SFO → EWR | 75.4% | 1.89% | -7 min | 10.5% | 10,548 |
| All SFO → EWR flights | 76.2% | 1.81% | -8 min | 10.0% | 12,682 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA2416 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL→SFO Atlanta to San Francisco | 2026-03-05 – 2026-05-20 | 59 | — |
| RDM→SFO Redmond to San Francisco | 2026-05-01 – 2026-05-15 | 3 | — |
| LAS→IAH Las Vegas to Houston | 2026-02-03 – 2026-02-03 | 1 | — |
| STL→SFO St. Louis to San Francisco | 2025-05-22 – 2025-12-17 | 77 | — |
| IAH→STL Houston to St. Louis | 2025-05-22 – 2025-06-25 | 24 | — |
| LAS→SFO Las Vegas to San Francisco | 2023-07-01 – 2025-05-18 | 425 | 69.5% |
| IND→IAH Indianapolis to Houston | 2025-03-30 – 2025-04-30 | 32 | — |
| SFO→RDU San Francisco to Raleigh–Durham | 2023-07-01 – 2025-03-05 | 404 | 81.0% |
| SJC→LAS San Jose to Las Vegas | 2025-01-10 – 2025-01-10 | 1 | — |
| PBI→EWR West Palm Beach to Newark | 2024-01-09 – 2024-02-14 | 37 | — |
| LAX→LAS Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 2024-01-08 – 2024-01-08 | 1 | — |
| SFO→IND San Francisco to Indianapolis | 2023-09-29 – 2023-10-28 | 30 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2416 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why UA2416 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for UA2416 on SFO → EWR. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on SFO → EWR
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS292 | Alaska Airlines | 84.2% | 13 min early | 951 |
| UA1149 | United Airlines | 83.8% | 13 min early | 897 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 384 records of UA2416 operating SFO → EWR, 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.