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United Airlines DTW to EWR on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Newark · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
90%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
102 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on DTW to EWR arrived on time 90% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.4% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (80%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 92.3% on time, 3.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 86.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 97.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25December 2025: 83.3% on time, 7.7% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 85.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26July 2026: 0.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)80%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
  • Late-arriving aircraft10%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DTW to EWR

Full DTW to EWR comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →

72 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 cancelled, 0 diverted.

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.