Originally Posted by
laxmillenial
Yes, if not 'jetstream' then it's due to United 'blocking' additional time. All airlines pad their schedules
Indeed. I've flown this route many times, sometimes in only 1:10h.
and being an afternoon flight, United probably does this due to the fact that everything inherently takes longer in the afternoon. Taxi-way times will increase. Time from gate to takeoff will increase. Time from landing to gate will increase due to traffic/other aircraft / anything really.
If that is the reason, why does the block time only increase Southbound but not Northbound? Any increase in taxi-time and holding patterns etc. would affect all afternoon flights, not only in one direction.
I haven't checked for EWR, but in YHZ there are more flights around the morning departure than around the afternoon departure.