OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Phoenix to Newark

2,133 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PHX–EWR arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.1%of scheduled flights

based on 2,485 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
    Cancel1.9%
    Flights1,484
  • American Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights1,001

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline24%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)46%
  • Late aircraft26%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline10%
  • Weather80%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 51 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 PHX → EWR

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 70% to 83% on time.

  • Early mornings83% on time · p90 45 min · 166 flights · limited
  • Mornings81% on time · p90 30 min · 2,165 flights
  • Overnights76% on time · p90 35 min · 2,113 flights
  • Evenings76% on time · p90 45 min · 207 flights
  • Middays73% on time · p90 65 min · 1,601 flights
  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 70 min · 1,561 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 80% on time.

  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,093 flights
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,095 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 50 min · 1,127 flights
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 1,086 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 45 min · 1,128 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 1,134 flights
  • Sundays70% on time · p90 50 min · 1,150 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.