United Airlines· Callsign UAL249

UA249 from Charlotte to Newark, tracked live

United Airlines's domestic Charlotte-Newark service, 850 km north-east - tracked live here.

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CLT
Charlotte
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
850 km · 528 mi
Non-stop
EWR
Newark
Newark Liberty International Airport
Aircraft
Boeing 737-900ER
typical equipment
Distance
850 km
459 nautical miles
Heading
42°
tracks north-east
Clock change
0 h
same time zone
Range used
16%
of the type's book range
Length rank
#305
of 339 tracked routes

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The aircraft appears below whenever it is airborne and inside receiver coverage. Its planned route is drawn between the two airports.

UA249 at a glance

  • The trip: 850 km (528 miles) from Charlotte to Newark, flying north-east.
  • How long: no published block time for this service yet.
  • Your watch: no change, both cities share a clock.
  • Window seat tip: the right (south-facing) side gets the sun on a daytime flight.
  • The plane: usually a Boeing 737-900ER. This route uses about 16% of how far it can fly.

UA249 route overview: CLT to EWR

UA249 distance and great-circle path

UA249 covers 850 km, or 528 miles. That makes it a short-haul flight, a single-aisle hop where turnaround time matters more than range. Of the 339 routes we track, it ranks 305 by distance.

Both ends of this route are in United States. It is 850 km of domestic flying north-east, from Charlotte to Newark. Charlotte and Newark keep the same clock, so the arrival time on the ticket is the flight time plus the departure time, with nothing to convert.

Our guide explains how the CLT-EWR route appears on a tracker map.

Can the Boeing 737-900ER comfortably fly UA249?

Not at all. At roughly 16% of its range, this is an easy trip for a Boeing 737-900ER. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 737-900ER.

What to know about UA249

  • Time change: none. Both cities keep the same clock, so arrival time reads exactly as you expect.

What we know about UA249

What flying CLT to EWR takes

It is a short-haul sector, a single-aisle hop where turnaround time matters more than range. United Airlines needs a narrowbody such as an A320 or 737 family aircraft: comfortably inside single-aisle range with fuel to spare for a diversion. In daylight the sun sits on the right (south-facing) side of the cabin for most of the crossing.

How we verified this

The origin and destination on this page are the ones we verified for callsign UAL249 through adsbdb, not a schedule copied from elsewhere. We have logged it airborne on 24 days between 2026-09-19 and 2026-10-12. Timings are observations, not an official operational status: always confirm with the airline before travelling.

This page was published from our own tracking record rather than a third-party schedule feed, so it grows as we see the flight again. The seven-day log below is the raw version of the same evidence.

UA249 activity in the past 7 days

Our database contains 8 observations of UA249 across 8 UTC dates in this window, most recently 2026-10-12. Those records contain 7 distinct transponder addresses. The most frequently resolved route was CLT-EWR (8 records).

The median recorded visibility was 426 minutes. That is time inside receiver coverage, not airborne duration or an on-time-performance measurement.

Date (UTC)RouteFirst trackedLast trackedTracked for
2026-10-12 CLT → EWR 00:01 UTC 01:06 UTC 1h 5m
2026-10-11 CLT → EWR 16:27 UTC 23:59 UTC 7h 33m
2026-10-10 CLT → EWR 16:05 UTC 23:06 UTC 7h 1m
2026-10-09 CLT → EWR 16:03 UTC 23:08 UTC 7h 6m
2026-10-08 CLT → EWR 16:06 UTC 23:42 UTC 7h 36m
2026-10-07 CLT → EWR 16:06 UTC 23:36 UTC 7h 30m
2026-10-06 CLT → EWR 16:02 UTC 23:09 UTC 7h 7m
2026-10-05 CLT → EWR 16:12 UTC 23:14 UTC 7h 2m

“First/last tracked” are when UA249 entered and left receiver coverage, in UTC.

Airports and aircraft on UA249

Every scheduled service we follow is listed in the tracker directory, including United Airlines and other tracked flights grouped by airline.

CLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, United States · live radar →
EWR Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, United States · live radar →
B739 Boeing 737-900ER Typical equipment · specs →

How much CO2 does UA249 emit?

Worked from the great-circle distance and the fuel burn measured for Boeing 737-900ER, the aircraft normally flying this route. Carbon dioxide only - see the method below.

Distance flown850 km
AircraftBoeing 737-900ER
Fuel burn rate3.83 kg per km
Fuel burned3,255 kg
CO2, whole flight10.3 tonnes
Seats, typical layout178
Passengers carried148 at an 83% load factor
CO2 per passenger69 kg

Where that lands by cabin

The aircraft burns the same fuel whoever is aboard, so the cabins divide one total rather than each carrying their own. A seat's share is the floor it takes up, which is why an economy seat comes out below the 69 kg cabin average and a flat bed well above it.

Economy157 seats, 130 flown
57 kg CO2 per seat
Business21 seats, 17 flown
166 kg CO2 per seat

Taken whole, UA249 emits what 171 trees take back out of the air in a year. One economy seat on it accounts for about the same carbon dioxide as driving a petrol car 409 km, or 1,985 km of the same journey by train.

How this is worked out. Fuel burn is read from published measurements of this type, taken at a 926 km sector, the only published sector for this type, applied to this route's 850 km unadjusted. It counts carbon dioxide only, and the cabin split assumes the layout typical of this size of aircraft. Read the full method, sources and caveats, or put UA249 against another flight.

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Data sources and review

Reviewed 2026-07-29 by Flight-Tracker.net Editorial Team

The route and typical schedule are maintained reference data. Live ADS-B observations are evidence of receiver coverage, not proof of on-time performance. Always confirm the operating date and times with the airline.

Read our schedule and observation review process, or inspect the machine-readable reference dataset.

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UA249 frequently asked questions

How long is the UA249 flight?

Charlotte to Newark is 850 km (528 miles) in a straight line. Actual airborne time varies with winds, routing and holding.

What aircraft operates UA249?

Typically a Boeing 737-900ER (full specifications), using roughly 16% of that type's published range.

Does UA249 fly every day?

Frequency varies by season. Always confirm with the airline before travelling.

Can I track UA249 live?

Yes. Whenever UA249 is airborne and in receiver coverage the map above follows it live, with altitude, ground speed and heading. Between rotations, the seven-day log above shows where it has been.

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