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

San Francisco → Atlanta via Newark: arrives on time 40%

  1. 10:20 SFO → 19:03 EWR
    UA 713 · United · 5h 43m · 75% on time, 1.4% cancelled
  2. 49m layover in Newark (EWR) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:52 EWR → 22:22 ATL
    UA 1287 · United · 2h 30m · 67% on time, 3.7% cancelled

Total trip 9h 02m, scheduled departure to arrival (Atlanta is 3 h ahead of San Francisco). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection63%The first flight arrived more than 4 minutes late on 37% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 49m layover.
Arrives on time40%First flight not cancelled (1.4% are) × connection made (63%) × second flight not cancelled (3.7% are) and within 15 minutes (67%).
Total trip9h 02mSFO 10:20 to ATL 22:22, 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.