OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Newark to Madison

799 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on EWR–MSN arrive on time 69% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay95 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.1%of scheduled flights

based on 254 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9095 min
    Cancel7.4%
    Flights163
  • United Airlines
    On-time63%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights91

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline21%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Late aircraft60%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather54%
  • Air traffic (NAS)46%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 13 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 → MSN

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

Best time of day

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

  • Overnights68% on time · p90 75 min · 600 flights
  • Evenings68% on time · p90 80 min · 376 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 63% to 76% on time.

  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 35 min · 159 flights · limited
  • Saturdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 161 flights · limited
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 80 min · 162 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays69% on time · p90 65 min · 161 flights · limited
  • Fridays67% on time · p90 70 min · 162 flights · limited
  • Mondays66% on time · p90 60 min · 158 flights · limited
  • Sundays63% on time · p90 90 min · 161 flights · limited

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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.