Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2626
San Francisco (SFO) to Newark (EWR) · scheduled 4:20 PM – 1:05 AM
How UA2626 performs
317 operations, 2025-05-01 to 2026-06-30.
UA2626 arrived on time 64.7% of the time, against 76.2% for all SFO → EWR flights — this specific departure is 11.5 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 10.7 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 317 operations between 2025-05-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2626 | 64.7% | 2.21% | -2 min | 20.1% | 317 |
| 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 · 2025-05-01 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA2626 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SDF→SFO Louisville to San Francisco | 2026-05-03 – 2026-05-03 | 1 | — |
| DEN→TYS Denver to Knoxville/Maryville | 2026-02-03 – 2026-02-03 | 1 | — |
| MIA→DEN Miami to Denver | 2025-06-03 – 2025-06-15 | 13 | — |
| PSP→SFO Palm Springs to San Francisco | 2024-08-19 – 2025-05-21 | 236 | 77.4% |
| SFO→IAD San Francisco to Washington | 2023-07-01 – 2025-04-30 | 361 | 81.2% |
| ORD→PSP Chicago to Palm Springs | 2024-09-26 – 2025-03-29 | 148 | 88.5% |
| SFO→SNA San Francisco to Santa Ana | 2025-03-06 – 2025-03-29 | 24 | — |
| SFO→LAS San Francisco to Las Vegas | 2025-02-13 – 2025-03-05 | 21 | — |
| SFO→SAN San Francisco to San Diego | 2024-09-26 – 2025-01-06 | 66 | — |
| SFO→ORD San Francisco to Chicago | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-02 | 36 | — |
| MSO→DEN Missoula to Denver | 2024-06-27 – 2024-08-18 | 51 | — |
| ORD→ATL Chicago to Atlanta | 2024-05-02 – 2024-05-22 | 21 | — |
| MSY→IAH New Orleans to Houston | 2024-03-31 – 2024-05-01 | 32 | — |
| AUS→IAH Austin to Houston | 2024-01-09 – 2024-02-12 | 5 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2626 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why UA2626 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
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for UA2626 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 317 records of UA2626 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.