OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

Newark

Data through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate75%flights departing here that arrived on time
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 departures is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.1%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time80%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 122,148 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

As a connection hub

Arriving here (inbound performance)

These figures reflect inbound flights arriving at this airport — relevant for connections and layovers.

74%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time74%
  • 15–59 min late13%
  • 1–2 hr late6%
  • 2 hr+ late5%
  • Cancelled or diverted3%

Arrival outcomes for inbound flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted.

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 60 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • Republic Airwaysbest
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel4.9%
    Flights20,997
  • American Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel3.6%
    Flights6,281
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel3.5%
    Flights6,661
  • United Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights65,632
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights5,025
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights2,923
  • Envoy Air
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel5.1%
    Flights721
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights892
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel6.4%
    Flights6,049

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When it gets busy

Busiest times at EWR

Historically, departures at EWR peak 5–10 a.m. — 30% of scheduled flights leave in that block.

  • 5–10 a.m.30%
  • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.20%
  • 2–5 p.m.19%
  • 5–8 p.m.19%
  • 8 p.m.–midnight12%

Share of 378,877 scheduled departures by planned departure time, 2023-06 .. 2026-05. Historical averages from BTS data — not live airport status.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline13%
  • Weather64%
  • Air traffic (NAS)23%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 3,786 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Where flights go

Busiest routes

EWR → ORD→EWR → ATL→EWR → MCO→EWR → BOS→EWR → CLT→EWR → FLL→EWR → LAX→EWR → SFO→EWR → IAH→EWR → DFW→

Side by side

Compare this airport

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.