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

Newark → San Antonio via Houston: arrives on time 55%

  1. 10:53 EWR → 13:38 IAH
    UA 556 · United · 3h 45m · 77% on time, 1.4% cancelled
  2. 53m layover in Houston (IAH) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 14:31 IAH → 15:39 SAT
    UA 1819 · United · 1h 08m · 76% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 5h 46m, scheduled departure to arrival (San Antonio is 1 h behind Newark). Times are local. Both flew on 37 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection74%The first flight arrived more than 8 minutes late on 26% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 53m layover.
Arrives on time55%First flight not cancelled (1.4% are) × connection made (74%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (76%).
Total trip5h 46mEWR 10:53 to SAT 15:39, 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.