Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Houston → Cleveland via Newark: arrives on time 44%

  1. 10:57 IAH → 15:34 EWR
    UA 1340 · United · 3h 37m · 73% on time, 4.2% cancelled
  2. 52m layover in Newark (EWR) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 16:26 EWR → 18:12 CLE
    UA 2172 · United · 1h 46m · 79% on time, 10.8% cancelled

Total trip 6h 15m, scheduled departure to arrival (Cleveland is 1 h ahead of Houston). Times are local. Both flew on 37 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection66%The first flight arrived more than 7 minutes late on 34% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 52m layover.
Arrives on time44%First flight not cancelled (4.2% are) × connection made (66%) × second flight not cancelled (10.8% are) and within 15 minutes (79%).
Total trip6h 15mIAH 10:57 to CLE 18:12, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.