Historical on-time performance
Kansas City to Newark
1,092 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MCI–EWR arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.7%of scheduled flights
based on 264 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 AirlinesOn-time87%Medianon timep9015 minCancel3.3%Flights30
- Republic AirwaysOn-time76%Medianon timep9060 minCancel2.6%Flights234
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline15%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)52%
- Late aircraft32%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly MCI → EWR
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 91% on time.
- Mornings91% on time · p90 10 min · 841 flights
- Middays70% on time · p90 50 min · 300 flights
- Evenings62% on time · p90 105 min · 175 flights · limited
- Afternoons62% on time · p90 115 min · 326 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 84% on time.
- Saturdays84% on time · p90 40 min · 177 flights · limited
- Tuesdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 245 flights
- Mondays80% on time · p90 35 min · 251 flights
- Wednesdays79% on time · p90 55 min · 244 flights
- Sundays76% on time · p90 95 min · 238 flights
- Fridays75% on time · p90 45 min · 248 flights
- Thursdays72% on time · p90 80 min · 242 flights
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