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

Newark → Salt Lake City via San Francisco: arrives on time 36%

  1. 11:50 EWR → 15:01 SFO
    UA 1343 · United · 6h 11m · 68% on time, 1.9% cancelled
  2. 1h 10m layover in San Francisco (SFO) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 16:11 SFO → 19:11 SLC
    UA 543 · United · 2h 00m · 52% on time, 1.5% cancelled

Total trip 9h 21m, scheduled departure to arrival (Salt Lake City is 2 h behind Newark). Times are local. Both flew on 51 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection72%The first flight arrived more than 25 minutes late on 28% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 10m layover.
Arrives on time36%First flight not cancelled (1.9% are) × connection made (72%) × second flight not cancelled (1.5% are) and within 15 minutes (52%).
Total trip9h 21mEWR 11:50 to SLC 19:11, 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.