Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) delays & on-time performance
Newark, New Jersey · 91 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at EWR right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.1%
3,842 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
77 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 25 min
Figures cover 122,705 departures from EWR; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into EWR were on time 77% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
- 3.1% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- Republic Airways was the most punctual airline here (84% on time); Spirit Airlines was the least (69%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (90% on time); around 8pm did worst (69%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (38%).
Most delayed routes from EWR
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco69%4,373 flts
- SJU · San Juan71%2,085 flts
- ORD · Chicago72%6,066 flts
- BOS · Boston72%3,866 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles72%4,845 flts
- BQN · Aguadilla74%365 flts
- SEA · Seattle74%2,263 flts
- BNA · Nashville75%1,876 flts
- MSN · Madison75%435 flts
- IAD · Washington75%1,534 flts
Most reliable routes from EWR
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- BTV · Burlington88%404 flts
- ROC · Rochester87%646 flts
- SAT · San Antonio87%575 flts
- GSP · Greer86%776 flts
- SNA · Santa Ana86%1,091 flts
- RIC · Richmond85%485 flts
- CMH · Columbus84%2,062 flts
- CVG · Cincinnati84%553 flts
- GRR · Grand Rapids84%863 flts
- BZN · Bozeman84%375 flts
Best airline at EWR
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 84% | 4.8% | 12 min | 46 | 24,222 |
| Allegiant Air | 82% | 1.4% | 17 min | 8 | 566 |
| American Airlines | 80% | 3.5% | 21 min | 5 | 6,506 |
| Delta Air Lines | 79% | 3.6% | 21 min | 4 | 6,635 |
| United Airlines | 77% | 2.1% | 18 min | 69 | 68,102 |
| JetBlue | 75% | 3.3% | 21 min | 8 | 5,087 |
| Alaska Airlines | 74% | 2.3% | 18 min | 5 | 3,044 |
| Envoy Air | 73% | 5.5% | 25 min | 2 | 596 |
| Frontier Airlines | 70% | 3.3% | 31 min | 6 | 1,209 |
| Spirit Airlines | 69% | 6.6% | 26 min | 27 | 6,729 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 67% | 0.0% | 8 min | 1 | 9 |
Best time to fly out of EWR
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am88%1,920 flts
- 6am90%10,577 flts
- 7am86%9,482 flts
- 8am83%6,739 flts
- 9am82%8,012 flts
- 10am81%7,433 flts
- 11am81%7,092 flts
- 12pm80%4,360 flts
- 1pm80%6,845 flts
- 2pm77%7,246 flts
- 3pm74%7,441 flts
- 4pm74%8,630 flts
- 5pm72%7,050 flts
- 6pm70%7,756 flts
- 7pm70%7,812 flts
- 8pm69%6,486 flts
- 9pm72%6,466 flts
- 10pm64%1,327 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft38%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion28%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.