OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Newark to Dallas-Fort Worth

1,372 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on EWR–DFW arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.4%of scheduled flights

based on 3,334 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-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights1,704
  • American Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel4.0%
    Flights1,437
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel4.1%
    Flights193

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)27%
  • Late aircraft39%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline11%
  • Weather79%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 112 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 → DFW

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 — 83% on time.

  • Mornings83% on time · p90 25 min · 3,852 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 45 min · 2,872 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 85 min · 1,427 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 95 min · 2,039 flights
  • Overnights65% on time · p90 80 min · 482 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 78% on time.

  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,553 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 50 min · 1,540 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 50 min · 1,591 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 65 min · 1,574 flights
  • Saturdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 1,336 flights
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 70 min · 1,484 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 60 min · 1,594 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.