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

Los Angeles → Cleveland via Newark: arrives on time 43%

  1. 10:20 LAX → 19:04 EWR
    UA 2127 · United · 5h 44m · 72% on time, 1.6% cancelled
  2. 51m layover in Newark (EWR) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:55 EWR → 21:45 CLE
    UA 2398 · United · 1h 50m · 70% on time, 1.9% cancelled

Total trip 8h 25m, scheduled departure to arrival (Cleveland is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection63%The first flight arrived more than 6 minutes late on 37% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 51m layover.
Arrives on time43%First flight not cancelled (1.6% are) × connection made (63%) × second flight not cancelled (1.9% are) and within 15 minutes (70%).
Total trip8h 25mLAX 10:20 to CLE 21:45, 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.