American Airlines EWR to PHX on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Newark to Phoenix · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.4%
24 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
89 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 80% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on EWR to PHX arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.4% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft45%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
- Extreme weather7%
- Security0%
Other airlines on EWR to PHX
- United Airlines81% on time · 14 min avg delay
Full EWR to PHX comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
990 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 24 cancelled, 2 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.