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

San Jose → Newark via Houston: arrives on time 48%

  1. 13:10 SJC → 19:05 IAH
    UA 2078 · United · 3h 55m · 78% on time, 0.0% cancelled
  2. 50m layover in Houston (IAH) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:55 IAH → 00:37 EWR +1 day
    UA 1444 · United · 3h 42m · 76% on time, 2.2% cancelled

Total trip 8h 27m, scheduled departure to arrival (Newark is 3 h ahead of San Jose). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection64%The first flight arrived more than 5 minutes late on 36% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 50m layover.
Arrives on time48%First flight not cancelled (0.0% are) × connection made (64%) × second flight not cancelled (2.2% are) and within 15 minutes (76%).
Total trip8h 27mSJC 13:10 to EWR 00:37, 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.