Flight profile · United Airlines
UA698
San Francisco (SFO) to Newark (EWR) · scheduled 9:30 PM – 5:59 AM
How UA698 performs
276 operations, 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30.
UA698 arrived on time 83.6% of the time, against 76.2% for all SFO → EWR flights — this specific departure is 7.4 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.3 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 276 operations between 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA698 | 83.6% | 2.54% | -13 min | 7.8% | 276 |
| 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 · 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA698 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORD→ONT Chicago to Ontario | 2026-05-02 – 2026-05-16 | 3 | — |
| ONT→SFO Ontario to San Francisco | 2025-12-18 – 2026-03-04 | 47 | — |
| DCA→SFO Washington to San Francisco | 2024-12-19 – 2025-09-24 | 280 | 73.3% |
| DFW→DEN Dallas–Fort Worth to Denver | 2024-12-03 – 2024-12-18 | 16 | — |
| ORD→PNS Chicago to Pensacola | 2024-12-01 – 2024-12-02 | 2 | — |
| SFO→LAX San Francisco to Los Angeles | 2024-11-01 – 2024-11-29 | 26 | — |
| DSM→DEN Des Moines to Denver | 2024-08-19 – 2024-09-25 | 38 | — |
| IAH→DCA Houston to Washington | 2024-06-27 – 2024-08-18 | 45 | — |
| ORF→ORD Norfolk to Chicago | 2024-06-29 – 2024-08-10 | 7 | — |
| DEN→MSO Denver to Missoula | 2024-05-23 – 2024-06-26 | 35 | — |
| BIL→DEN Billings to Denver | 2023-10-29 – 2024-05-22 | 207 | 84.5% |
| MEM→IAH Memphis to Houston | 2023-10-01 – 2023-10-28 | 28 | — |
| DFW→EWR Dallas–Fort Worth to Newark | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-30 | 91 | 93.0% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA698 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why UA698 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 UA698 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 276 records of UA698 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.