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United Airlines RDU to EWR on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Newark · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
30 flights
Avg arrival delay
25 min
103 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on RDU to EWR arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (51%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 60.9% on time, 8.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 68.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.8% on time, 0.8% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 58.7% on time, 0.7% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.0% on time, 3.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 63.6% on time, 1.9% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 89.4% on time, 5.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 87.4% on time, 4.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 78.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 92.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 90.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.4% on time, 1.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 73.3% on time, 4.9% 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 congestion51%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
  • Late-arriving aircraft21%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on RDU to EWR

1,520 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 30 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.