UA121United Airlines · BCN → EWR
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA121 BarcelonaBCN · 12:00 New YorkEWR · 14:45

UA121 by United Airlines flies from Barcelona (BCN) to New York (EWR) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowEn route to New York · off blocks 12:22 · 22 min late
En route

en route from BCN to EWR

En routeUA121 · position estimated
BCNBarcelonaEWRNew York
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:22 · typical taxi-out at BCN ≈ 11 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+21 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~36 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-16
+22 gate · −15 arrival
09-15
+1 gate · −15 arrival
09-14
−1 gate · −22 arrival
09-13
+21 gate · +12 arrival
09-12
+36 gate · +24 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −15 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BCNBarcelonaOn-time likelyBCN delay board →
EWRNew YorkOn-time likelyEWR delay board →
BCN→EWRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.0%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BCN and EWR are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How UA121 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA121 across the BCN and EWR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA121 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-16BCN 12:00 12:22 (+22)EWR 14:45 14:30 (−15)
09-15BCN 12:00 12:01 (+1)EWR 14:45 14:30 (−15)
09-14BCN 12:00 11:59 (−1)EWR 14:45 14:23 (−22)
09-13BCN 12:00 12:21 (+21)EWR 14:45 14:57 (+12)
09-12BCN 12:00 12:36 (+36)EWR 14:45 15:09 (+24)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N209UA.

Board clocks recorded as BCN and EWR published them.

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