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UA648

Newark (EWR) to San Francisco (SFO) · scheduled 10:00 AM – 5:40 PM

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How UA648 performs

925 operations, 2023-10-29 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
73.8%
671 of 909 completed
Cancellation rate
1.19%
11 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-6 min
Average 12.7 min
Severe delays
11.3%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
90 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
70.5%
Left the gate on time

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 925 operations between 2023-10-29 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA64873.8%1.19%-6 min11.3%925
United Airlines on EWRSFO72.5%2.10%-5 min11.9%10,552
All EWRSFO flights72.9%2.03%-6 min11.5%12,686

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-10-29 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does UA648 run worse on particular days?

Monday76.7%
Tuesday80.8%
Wednesday76.7%
Thursday71.2%
Friday69.0%
Saturday70.2%
Sunday72.1%

Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 11.8 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-10-29 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes UA648 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
STLEWR St. Louis to Newark2024-06-272026-06-3010
SFOMSP San Francisco to Minneapolis2026-06-282026-06-292
SFOORD San Francisco to Chicago2026-05-012026-05-1814
PBIEWR West Palm Beach to Newark2024-05-022025-09-2130
SFOSEA San Francisco to Seattle2025-05-012025-05-2121
BWIORD Baltimore to Chicago2025-04-012025-04-3030
SFORNO San Francisco to Reno2024-09-262024-09-305
SFOPDX San Francisco to Portland2024-02-152024-03-0621
BILDEN Billings to Denver2023-07-012023-10-2812090.7%
DENRSW Denver to Fort Myers2023-08-012023-09-0435

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA648 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 925 records of UA648 operating EWRSFO, 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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