Flights Newark → San Francisco
EWR → SFO
Route overview
The flight route from Newark to San Francisco operates with a variety of aircraft including the Boeing 737 series, Airbus A319 and A320 models, as well as the Boeing 757. With an average delay of 17 minutes and a 79% on-time performance rate, this route has maintained relatively high punctuality over its total of 1,055 flights. The destination airport serves approximately 50 million passengers annually, highlighting its significance in air traffic.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Newark (EWR) → San Francisco (SFO) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1342 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.28%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Francisco: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Newark (EWR) to San Francisco (SFO) heads west for about 4,118 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 34m.
Departures from Newark on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 37% of EWR-SFO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Francisco it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,342 tracked EWR-SFO flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 3.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about EWR-SFO
On the Newark (EWR) -> San Francisco (SFO) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 1342 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Newark-San Francisco is 3.28% across 1342 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
