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

Houston → Norfolk via Newark: arrives on time 42%

  1. 12:00 IAH → 16:46 EWR
    UA 2371 · United · 3h 46m · 72% on time, 2.2% cancelled
  2. 54m layover in Newark (EWR) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:40 EWR → 19:21 ORF
    UA 4448 · United, flown by GoJet · 1h 41m · 69% on time, 7.1% cancelled

Total trip 6h 21m, scheduled departure to arrival (Norfolk is 1 h ahead of Houston). Times are local. Both flew on 14 of the last 56 days, too few to list among the best connections.

Makes the connection67%The first flight arrived more than 9 minutes late on 33% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 54m layover.
Arrives on time42%First flight not cancelled (2.2% are) × connection made (67%) × second flight not cancelled (7.1% are) and within 15 minutes (69%).
Total trip6h 21mIAH 12:00 to ORF 19:21, 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.