New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC

What the Data Says About EWN

New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC in New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, North Carolina handled 8,887 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 85.7% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 1,269 experienced delays, 180 were cancelled, and 10 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 2.03%, the diversion rate to 0.11%, and the average delay when departures run late is 81.3 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing EWN against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at EWN, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 52.5% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 32.2% and Weather at 8.9%. Weather contributes 8.9% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.1%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, April runs the cleanest at EWN with a 96.3% on-time rate, while July is the roughest at 89.7% — a 7-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in January, when average flights hit 272. The busiest route from EWN is to EWN (New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort), with 3,895 flights at a 84.7% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 85.7% on-time, 81.3-minute average delay, 2.03% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC.