Historical on-time performance
Washington to Newark
199 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DCA–EWR arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.2%of scheduled flights
based on 317 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Republic AirwaysOn-time84%Medianon timep9025 minCancel3.2%Flights317
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline8%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)60%
- Late aircraft31%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DCA → EWR
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 89% on time.
- Mornings89% on time · p90 5 min · 568 flights
- Middays83% on time · p90 30 min · 464 flights
- Afternoons80% on time · p90 50 min · 110 flights · limited
- Evenings65% on time · p90 55 min · 184 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 87% on time.
- Mondays87% on time · p90 15 min · 205 flights
- Wednesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 194 flights · limited
- Tuesdays85% on time · p90 15 min · 200 flights
- Thursdays83% on time · p90 45 min · 191 flights · limited
- Fridays82% on time · p90 35 min · 194 flights · limited
- Saturdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 166 flights · limited
- Sundays78% on time · p90 45 min · 188 flights · limited
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