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

Columbus → San Francisco via Newark: arrives on time 54%

  1. 13:14 CMH → 15:07 EWR
    UA 3596 · United, flown by Republic · 1h 53m · 77% on time, 4.7% cancelled
  2. 53m layover in Newark (EWR) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 16:00 EWR → 19:18 SFO
    UA 2004 · United · 6h 18m · 78% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 9h 04m, scheduled departure to arrival (San Francisco is 3 h behind Columbus). Times are local. Both flew on 0 of the last 56 days, too few to list among the best connections.

Makes the connection73%The first flight arrived more than 8 minutes late on 27% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 53m layover.
Arrives on time54%First flight not cancelled (4.7% are) × connection made (73%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (78%).
Total trip9h 04mCMH 13:14 to SFO 19:18, 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.