OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Newark to Boston

200 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on EWR–BOS arrive on time 68% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate68%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.0%of scheduled flights

based on 3,854 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • United Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights2,672
  • Republic Airways
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel6.1%
    Flights1,182

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline19%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)36%
  • Late aircraft40%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline12%
  • Weather41%
  • Air traffic (NAS)46%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 155 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly EWR → BOS

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 3,285 flights
  • Middays79% on time · p90 50 min · 2,213 flights
  • Afternoons63% on time · p90 90 min · 3,024 flights
  • Overnights60% on time · p90 90 min · 1,417 flights
  • Evenings60% on time · p90 100 min · 1,973 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 76% on time.

  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 55 min · 1,397 flights
  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 60 min · 1,765 flights
  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 1,775 flights
  • Mondays70% on time · p90 75 min · 1,783 flights
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 80 min · 1,776 flights
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 70 min · 1,632 flights
  • Fridays68% on time · p90 80 min · 1,784 flights

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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.