Flight number record
UA 1960
United Airlines · Newark to San Francisco
- Route
- EWR → SFO
- Departs
- 07:00
- Flights
- 339
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
Historical statistics for September 2025 to August 2026, not live status. For today’s UA 1960, check with United Airlines.
UA 1960 sits in the middle of the pack with a C−. About seven flights in ten arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 7 points worse than the national rate of 77.3%. The late ones land about 2.5 hours behind schedule. That rests on 339 flights, with a median arrival 6 minutes early.
The national on-time rate over the same period is 77.3%, so UA 1960 runs 7 points behind the country as a whole. Across a thousand flights that is about 65 extra late arrivals.
Key figures
On time
70.8%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 325 completed flights
Avg delay
150 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
4.13%
National rate is 1.89%
1 hour+ late
19.7%
National rate is 8.3%
These figures cover 339 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. Beyond the headline rate, 19.7% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.3% nationally.
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Schedule
When UA 1960 flies
UA 1960 flies EWR to SFO without a single fixed slot. Its most common scheduled departure was 07:00, used on 245 of 339 flights, with 07:05 (52 flights) next.
- Departs 07:00245 flights72.3%
- Departs 07:0552 flights15.3%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of scheduled departures at each local time. Times used on fewer than one flight in ten are not listed.
A 07:00 departure sits in the 5am–8am window. Across every US flight scheduled in that window the on-time rate is 89.3%, and UA 1960 runs 19 points worse at 70.8%. Early departures usually start with an aircraft that has not flown yet that day, which is most of why the window does well.
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Against the route
UA 1960 next to EWR to SFO
Every carrier on EWR to SFO combined arrived on time 67.9% of the time across 4,349 flights, so UA 1960 is 3 points ahead of it. United flew 3,863 flights on the same city pair under all its flight numbers, including this one, and those ran 66.7% on time. Across its whole network United Airlines managed 78.8%, which this flight trails by 8 points.
| Compared with | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA 1960thin sample | 339 | 70.8% | 150 min | 4.13% | C− |
| All United Airlines on EWR–SFO | 3,863 | 66.7% | 90 min | 2.43% | C |
| All carriers on EWR–SFO | 4,349 | 67.9% | 88 min | 2.30% | C |
| United Airlines, whole network | 830,825 | 78.8% | 73 min | 1.02% | B |
Across the year
UA 1960 quarter by quarter
UA 1960 did not run the same all year. Its best quarter was Jan–Mar 2026 at 78.8% on time and its weakest Jul–Sep 2026 at 61.0%, a swing of 18 points on roughly 85 flights a quarter. The twelve-month rate averages over that, so if you are flying in a weak quarter the quarter's own figure is the better guide.
- Jul–Sep 202526 flights—
- Oct–Dec 202592 flights65.1%
- Jan–Mar 202668 flights78.8%
- Apr–Jun 202691 flights77.5%
- Jul–Sep 202662 flights61.0%
Scale runs 55% to 85%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
By weekday, UA 1960 did best on Wednesday at 78.7% on time and worst on Sunday at 53.5%. Each day rests on about 48 flights, so a gap of 25 points is worth noticing but could still narrow in another year.
Arrival by arrival
How late UA 1960 runs when it is late
UA 1960 often beats the schedule: 104 of 325 completed flights, 32%, arrived 15 minutes or more early. When UA 1960 is late it tends to be very late: 64 of its 95 late arrivals were an hour or more behind, and 45 were two hours or more.
- 15+ min early104 flights32.0%
- Within 15 min126 flights38.8%
- 15–29 min late18 flights5.5%
- 30–59 min late13 flights4.0%
- 1–2 hours late19 flights5.8%
- 2+ hours late45 flights13.8%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of 325 completed flights by arrival against schedule.
14 of 92 late departures made up the time and arrived on time, 15% of them. In the other direction, 17 flights left on time yet arrived 15 minutes late or more, so that delay built up after pushback: in the air, in a holding pattern or on the ground at SFO.
The worst days
Worst days for UA 1960
The latest arrival of the period was on 29 June 2026, 13 hours 48 minutes behind schedule; most of its delay minutes were filed as a late-arriving aircraft. On three of the five worst days the largest share was filed as carrier-caused (crew, maintenance, fuelling, baggage).
| Date | Arrived late by | Largest filed cause |
|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2026 | 13 hours 48 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 12 June 2026 | 12 hours 42 minutes | Carrier |
| 18 December 2025 | 10 hours 27 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 31 July 2026 | 8 hours 46 minutes | Carrier |
| 10 December 2025 | 7 hours 51 minutes | Carrier |
Delay causes
Why UA 1960 runs late
Carrier accounts for 47% of the 14,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 47%Carrier
- 43%Late-arriving aircraft
- 10%National Airspace System
43% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 14,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 43 to one. The split is drawn from 14,270 delay minutes reported on UA 1960.
Cancellations run at 4.13%, against 1.89% nationally. That is about one flight in 25 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
Connections and routes
What a delay on this flight costs
19.7% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.3% nationally. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum for a connection here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
At 2,565 miles this is transcontinental flying, and long routes get a quiet structural advantage. Scheduled block time on a flight this length carries more padding in absolute minutes, so a twenty-minute late departure often still becomes an on-time arrival. Read the on-time rate here as slightly flattering next to a short-haul route with the same operational quality.
The same number turns up on six other city pairs in the data, including SFO to LAS (77), EWR to ORD (21) and ORD to IAH (21), but none flew often enough under UA 1960 to report a rate for. Carriers move flight numbers between routes, so the figures on this page apply to EWR to SFO only.
One caution: this is a thin sample. 339 flights over twelve months is enough to clear this site's floor but not enough to pin the rate down tightly, and a single bad week moves it by more than a point. Treat the grade as a rough reading.
What to do with this
Booking UA 1960
For a booking, the cancellation rate is the figure to plan around on UA 1960: 4.13% of its 339 scheduled flights did not operate. A late arrival costs about 2.5 hours, but a cancellation costs the day, so leave a later option open.
Related
Where to go next
- EWR to SFO, every carrier and departure
- SFO to EWR, the return direction
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Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.