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

Houston → Seattle via Newark: arrives on time 30%

  1. 14:49 IAH → 19:35 EWR
    UA 2608 · United · 3h 46m · 59% on time, 1.9% cancelled
  2. 55m layover in Newark (EWR) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:30 EWR → 23:44 SEA
    UA 1796 · United · 6h 14m · 57% on time, 2.9% cancelled

Total trip 10h 55m, scheduled departure to arrival (Seattle is 2 h behind Houston). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection56%The first flight arrived more than 10 minutes late on 44% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 55m layover.
Arrives on time30%First flight not cancelled (1.9% are) × connection made (56%) × second flight not cancelled (2.9% are) and within 15 minutes (57%).
Total trip10h 55mIAH 14:49 to SEA 23:44, 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.