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United Airlines EWR to PHX on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
30 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
71 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 80% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on EWR to PHX arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (40%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 76.5% on time, 4.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 87.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.2% on time, 1.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 67.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 69.6% on time, 2.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 80.5% on time, 1.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.1% on time, 5.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.0% on time, 6.5% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 86.8% on time, 0.8% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 93.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 86.0% on time, 0.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 79.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 80.2% on time, 6.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft40%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion28%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on EWR to PHX

1,488 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 30 cancelled, 4 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.