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United Airlines EWR to SEA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
15 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 74% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on EWR to SEA arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.5% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (36%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 73.8% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 81.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 91.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 79.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 61.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 57.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 89.1% on time, 5.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 78.4% on time, 7.3% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 55.7% on time, 1.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 88.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 85.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 71.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 63.8% on time, 5.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion36%
  • Late-arriving aircraft35%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on EWR to SEA

996 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 15 cancelled, 3 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.