OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

EWR

Newark

Data through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate73%flights departing here that arrived on time
Median delayon timetypical departure delay
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 departures is worsetail risk
Cancelled2.5%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time78%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 120,286 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.

71%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time71%
  • 15–59 min late14%
  • 1–2 hr late6%
  • 2 hr+ late6%
  • Cancelled or diverted3%

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

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 80 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • Republic Airwaysbest
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel5.2%
    Flights18,427
  • American Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.9%
    Flights6,118
  • United Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights64,863
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.6%
    Flights6,878
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights6,581
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights5,174
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights2,887
  • Envoy Air
    On-time61%
    Medianon time
    p9095 min
    Cancel6.0%
    Flights901
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time55%
    Median5 min
    p90110 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights974

Over time

Departure on-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

Where flights go

Busiest routes

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