OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Newark to St. Louis

872 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on EWR–STL arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.8%of scheduled flights

based on 937 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel5.8%
    Flights937

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline27%
  • Weather9%
  • Air traffic (NAS)20%
  • Late aircraft44%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather63%
  • Air traffic (NAS)37%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 54 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 → STL

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 65% to 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 10 min · 999 flights
  • Middays83% on time · p90 30 min · 132 flights · limited
  • Evenings82% on time · p90 35 min · 188 flights · limited
  • Afternoons78% on time · p90 60 min · 873 flights
  • Overnights65% on time · p90 75 min · 787 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 82% on time.

  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 40 min · 428 flights
  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 434 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 40 min · 434 flights
  • Mondays80% on time · p90 35 min · 431 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 399 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 45 min · 426 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 45 min · 427 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.