Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2856
Newark (EWR) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 6:29 PM – 9:38 PM
How UA2856 performs
301 operations, 2025-09-02 to 2026-06-30.
UA2856 arrived on time 73.3% of the time, against 78.0% for all EWR → DFW flights — this specific departure is 4.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.9 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 301 operations between 2025-09-02 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2856 | 73.3% | 2.66% | -4 min | 12.7% | 301 |
| United Airlines on EWR → DFW | 77.2% | 2.49% | -8 min | 10.2% | 5,146 |
| All EWR → DFW flights | 78.0% | 2.66% | -9 min | 9.6% | 10,657 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-09-02 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA2856 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RDU→EWR Raleigh–Durham to Newark | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-04 | 21 | — |
| IAH→EWR Houston to Newark | 2025-08-19 – 2025-09-01 | 14 | — |
| EWR→JAX Newark to Jacksonville | 2024-12-19 – 2025-08-18 | 210 | 67.2% |
| SFO→EWR San Francisco to Newark | 2024-12-19 – 2025-06-25 | 75 | — |
| ORD→DEN Chicago to Denver | 2025-04-21 – 2025-04-21 | 1 | — |
| FLL→EWR Fort Lauderdale to Newark | 2025-03-06 – 2025-03-29 | 24 | — |
| ORD→MCO Chicago to Orlando | 2024-12-03 – 2024-12-18 | 16 | — |
| RSW→ORD Fort Myers to Chicago | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-02 | 37 | — |
| ORD→ROC Chicago to Rochester | 2024-09-26 – 2024-10-26 | 31 | — |
| ORD→EWR Chicago to Newark | 2024-09-01 – 2024-09-25 | 25 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2856 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 301 records of UA2856 operating EWR → DFW, 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.