Airport · EWN · New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, North Carolina
New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC
According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC (EWN) ranks #265 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.
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EWN on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC handles more flight
volume than 31% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
73% of them, placing it in the quadrant for quiet and reliable.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 8,887 ·
On-time rate: 85.7%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes48,585 min
Late Aircraft25,494 min · 52%
Carrier15,653 min · 32%
Weather4,317 min · 9%
NAS (National Aviation System)3,049 min · 6%
Security72 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
EWN - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: April (96.3%) · worst: July (89.7%)
EWN - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
EWN - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 16 min · taxi-in 4.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
EWN's average taxi-out (16 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 11.0 min (September 2023) to 22.8 min (August 2023).
Cancellation & Diversion Analysis
Flight disruption statistics for New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC.
Cancellation Rate
2.03%
180 of 8,887 flights
Diversion Rate
0.11%
10 of 8,887 flights
Delay Rate
14.3%
1,269 of 8,887 flights
Top Routes from EWN
Busiest routes to and from New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 52.5% of 48,585 delay minutes across 8,887 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 85.7% (6.7 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,269 delayed and 180 cancelled (2.03%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (52.5% late-aircraft, 32.2% carrier, 6.3% NAS, 8.9% weather, 0.1% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.
On the multi-year calendar, EWN is strongest in April (96.3% on-time) and weakest in July (89.7%), a 6.6-point swing. Volume peaks in January (~272 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to CLT (Charlotte) at 84.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
85.7%Top 27%higher than 73% of 382 airports
New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
EWN's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.
Check the busiest route from EWN before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in April rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 16 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC's on-time rate?
New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC (EWN) has a 85.7% on-time rate across 8,887 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 6.7 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the above-median on-time performance.
How does EWN rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC ranks #265 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a smaller regional airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at EWN, accounting for 52.5% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 52.5% late-aircraft, 32.2% carrier, 6.3% NAS/air-traffic-control, 8.9% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC?
April is historically EWN's strongest month at 96.3% on-time, while July is the weakest at 89.7%, a 6.6-point swing across the BTS historical record.