Flight number record
UA 2096
United Airlines · Los Angeles to Newark
- Route
- LAX → EWR
- Departs
- 08:20
- Flights
- 365
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
Historical statistics for September 2025 to August 2026, not live status. For today’s UA 2096, check with United Airlines.
UA 2096 lands a B, 3 points better than the national rate of 77.3%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That rests on 365 flights, with a median arrival 11 minutes early.
Key figures
On time
79.9%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 359 completed flights
Avg delay
68 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.10%
National rate is 1.89%
1 hour+ late
6.4%
National rate is 8.3%
These figures cover 365 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. The median arrival is 11 minutes early, which is the part an average hides: most flights here are fine, and the on-time rate is decided by a tail of badly late ones. On-time means under 15 minutes late, the DOT's own threshold.
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Schedule
When UA 2096 flies
UA 2096 flies LAX to EWR without a single fixed slot. Its most common scheduled departure was 08:20, used on 101 of 365 flights, with 08:50 (93 flights) and 08:30 (59 flights) next.
- Departs 08:20101 flights27.7%
- Departs 08:5093 flights25.5%
- Departs 08:3059 flights16.2%
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 08:20 departure sits in the 8am–11am window. Across every US flight scheduled in that window the on-time rate is 83.9%, and UA 2096 runs 4 points worse at 79.9%. 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 2096 next to LAX to EWR
Every carrier on LAX to EWR combined arrived on time 79.1% of the time across 4,748 flights, so UA 2096 is about level with it. United flew 3,526 flights on the same city pair under all its flight numbers, including this one, and those ran 77.7% on time. Across its whole network United Airlines managed 78.8%, close to this flight's figure.
| Compared with | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA 2096 | 365 | 79.9% | 68 min | 1.10% | B |
| All United Airlines on LAX–EWR | 3,526 | 77.7% | 77 min | 1.76% | B |
| All carriers on LAX–EWR | 4,748 | 79.1% | 75 min | 2.11% | B |
| United Airlines, whole network | 830,825 | 78.8% | 73 min | 1.02% | B |
Across the year
UA 2096 quarter by quarter
UA 2096 did not run the same all year. Its best quarter was Jul–Sep 2025 at 93.3% on time and its weakest Jul–Sep 2026 at 55.9%, a swing of 37 points on roughly 73 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 202530 flights93.3%
- Oct–Dec 202592 flights86.8%
- Jan–Mar 202690 flights80.7%
- Apr–Jun 202691 flights83.5%
- Jul–Sep 202662 flights55.9%
Scale runs 45% to 100%.
By weekday, UA 2096 did best on Thursday at 88.2% on time and worst on Sunday at 68.0%. Each day rests on about 52 flights, so a gap of 20 points is worth noticing but could still narrow in another year.
Arrival by arrival
How late UA 2096 runs when it is late
UA 2096 often beats the schedule: 162 of 359 completed flights, 45%, arrived 15 minutes or more early. The 72 late arrivals split 30 under half an hour, 19 between 30 and 60 minutes, and 23 an hour or more.
- 15+ min early162 flights45.1%
- Within 15 min125 flights34.8%
- 15–29 min late30 flights8.4%
- 30–59 min late19 flights5.3%
- 1–2 hours late12 flights3.3%
- 2+ hours late11 flights3.1%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of 359 completed flights by arrival against schedule.
14 of 63 late departures made up the time and arrived on time, 22% of them. In the other direction, 23 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 EWR.
The worst days
Worst days for UA 2096
The latest arrival of the period was on 8 March 2026, 5 hours 14 minutes behind schedule; most of its delay minutes were filed as carrier-caused (crew, maintenance, fuelling, baggage). The five worst days are spread across March, December, July and January, with no single month standing out.
| Date | Arrived late by | Largest filed cause |
|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2026 | 5 hours 14 minutes | Carrier |
| 14 December 2025 | 5 hours 11 minutes | National Airspace System |
| 31 March 2026 | 4 hours 46 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 21 July 2026 | 4 hours 10 minutes | National Airspace System |
| 26 January 2026 | 4 hours 6 minutes | Carrier |
Delay causes
Why UA 2096 runs late
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 4,887 reported delay minutes.
- 40%National Airspace System
- 31%Late-arriving aircraft
- 29%Carrier
40% of delay minutes are charged to the National Airspace System: air traffic volume, runway configuration, ground stops. No carrier can price its way out of that, which is why airport choice moves the number here more than carrier choice does. That is 1,945 minutes out of 4,887, against a national NAS share of 21%. The split is drawn from 4,887 delay minutes reported on UA 2096.
Cancellations sit at 1.10% against a national 1.89%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.55%.
Connections and routes
What a delay on this flight costs
6.4% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 8.3%, so a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last about an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
At 2,454 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 three other city pairs in the data, including RNO to LAX (81), FAT to LAX (21) and EWR to ORD (6), but none flew often enough under UA 2096 to report a rate for. Carriers move flight numbers between routes, so the figures on this page apply to LAX to EWR only.
One caution: this is a thin sample. 365 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 2096
For a booking, read UA 2096 as 79.9% on time with 1.10% cancelled over 365 flights. Those are rates from the past twelve months, not a forecast for any particular day.
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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.