Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 279 · Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Newark (EWR)
Sold by United. Still flying: 55 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time69%within 15 minutes, of 148 flights
Cancelled2.7%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late21%of flights that operated
When late, on average122 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.
- Leaves FLL
- 17:44
- Arrives EWR
- 20:55
- Flight time
- 3h 11m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 55 of 56
Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.
How late it arrives
Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.
Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.
Its hour at FLL
All flights leaving Fort Lauderdale (FLL) at 5–6 pm, wherever they’re going: 60% left within 15 minutes and 2.5% were cancelled (5,938 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →
Upcoming forecasts
Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.