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

Houston → St Louis via Newark: arrives on time 26%

  1. 16:47 IAH → 21:29 EWR
    UA 700 · United · 3h 42m · 64% on time, 1.7% cancelled
  2. 48m layover in Newark (EWR) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 22:17 EWR → 23:44 STL
    UA 1527 · United · 2h 27m · 57% on time, 8.5% cancelled

Total trip 6h 57m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection52%The first flight arrived more than 3 minutes late on 48% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 48m layover.
Arrives on time26%First flight not cancelled (1.7% are) × connection made (52%) × second flight not cancelled (8.5% are) and within 15 minutes (57%).
Total trip6h 57mIAH 16:47 to STL 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.