UA79United Airlines · EWR → NRT
live · 4m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA79 New YorkEWR · 11:10 TokyoNRT · 14:30

UA79 by United Airlines flies from New York (EWR) to Tokyo (NRT) for the Sun, Sep 13 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Tokyo · off blocks 11:24 · 14 min late
14:21

estimated arrival at NRT · local time · ~6h 07m from now

LivePosition · updated 4m ago
NRT2,999 mi · ~6h 07m leftEWR
34,000 ftAltitudecruising
496 mphSpeed431 kt
223°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 4h 22m

⚖ UA79 typically leaves +4 and lands −5. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~9 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-13
+14 gate · −5 arrival
09-12
−2 gate · +8 arrival
09-11
+4 gate · −5 arrival
09-10
−4 gate · −18 arrival
09-09
−8 gate · −30 arrival
09-08
+9 gate · −1 arrival
09-07
+4 gate · −5 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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

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

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.7%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at EWR and NRT 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 UA79 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA79 across the EWR and NRT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA79 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
09-13EWR 11:10 11:24 (+14)NRT 14:30 14:25 (−5)
09-12EWR 11:10 11:08 (−2)NRT 14:30 14:38 (+8)
09-11EWR 11:10 11:14 (+4)NRT 14:30 14:25 (−5)
09-10EWR 11:10 11:06 (−4)NRT 14:30 14:12 (−18)
09-09EWR 11:10 11:02 (−8)NRT 14:30 14:00 (−30)
09-08EWR 11:10 11:19 (+9)NRT 14:30 14:29 (−1)
09-07EWR 11:40 11:44 (+4)NRT 14:30 14:25 (−5)
09-06EWR 11:40 11:30 (−10)NRT 14:30 14:16 (−14)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N2644U, N2243U, N2341U, N2747U.

Board clocks recorded as EWR and NRT published them.

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