UA78United Airlines · NRT → EWR
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA78 TokyoNRT · 17:25 New YorkEWR · 17:05

UA78 by United Airlines flies from Tokyo (NRT) to New York (EWR) for the Thu, Sep 24 departure.

Right nowLanded in New York · today
16:30

arrived at EWR · 35 min early

Typical gate push+31 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−24 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~55 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+106+212+318 min
09-25
+318 gate · −35 arrival
09-24
+9 gate · −35 arrival
09-23
+62 gate · +38 arrival
09-22
CANCELLED
09-21
CANCELLED
09-20
+31 gate · +2 arrival
09-19
+12 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 −24 min · 2 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
NRTTokyoOn-time likelyNRT delay board →
EWRNew YorkOn-time likelyEWR delay board →
NRT→EWRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.5%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at NRT 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 UA78 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA78 across the NRT and EWR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~24 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 5/7 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 UA78 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
09-25NRT 17:25 22:43 (+318)EWR 17:05 16:30 (−35)
09-24NRT 17:25 17:34 (+9)EWR 17:05 16:30 (−35)
09-23NRT 17:25 18:27 (+62)EWR 17:05 17:43 (+38)
09-22CANCELLED
09-21CANCELLED
09-20NRT 17:25 17:56 (+31)EWR 17:05 17:07 (+2)
09-19NRT 17:25 17:37 (+12)EWR 17:05 16:41 (−24)
09-18NRT 17:25 22:43 (+318)EWR 17:05 21:40 (+275)
09-17NRT 17:25 17:39 (+14)EWR 17:05 16:03 (−62)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N2747U, N2333U, N2737U, N2250U.

Board clocks recorded as NRT and EWR published them.

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