OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Newark to San Juan

1,608 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.8%of scheduled flights

based on 1,914 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • JetBlue Airwaysbest
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights617
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9095 min
    Cancel4.8%
    Flights62
  • United Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights1,113
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time48%
    Median10 min
    p90150 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights122

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline43%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Late aircraft32%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline34%
  • Weather51%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 53 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 → SJU

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 57% to 75% on time.

  • Mornings75% on time · p90 45 min · 3,302 flights
  • Afternoons75% on time · p90 60 min · 292 flights
  • Middays62% on time · p90 75 min · 721 flights
  • Overnights60% on time · p90 115 min · 914 flights
  • Evenings57% on time · p90 95 min · 1,468 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 72% on time.

  • Tuesdays72% on time · p90 60 min · 929 flights
  • Wednesdays70% on time · p90 55 min · 959 flights
  • Mondays67% on time · p90 75 min · 985 flights
  • Sundays66% on time · p90 90 min · 956 flights
  • Saturdays66% on time · p90 70 min · 941 flights
  • Fridays66% on time · p90 75 min · 982 flights
  • Thursdays65% on time · p90 80 min · 945 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.