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Airport · EWR · Newark, New Jersey

Newark, NJ

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Newark, NJ (EWR) ranks #18 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Newark, NJ posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as one of the busiest U.S. airports.

Data updated 2026-06-13

78.1%
On-time
Top 90%
on-time, US airports
81 min
Delay when late
1.71%
Cancelled
#18 of 382
Corpus placement
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EWR on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%78.1%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 11,014,244.

Late Aircraft 39.1% (4,302,493 min)
Carrier 32.7% (3,604,643 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 23.2% (2,557,708 min)
Weather 4.8% (532,389 min)
Security 0.2% (17,011 min)

EWR - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (92%) · worst: July (85.3%)

84%86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 87.2%

EWR - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 94.3% 89.1% ▼ -5.5%

EWR - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 25.1 min · taxi-in 9.8 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min20 min25 min30 min35 min Jan 24Dec 25 22 min 25.2 min ▲ +14.5%

EWR's average taxi-out (25.1 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is October 2025 at 29.7 min; the lightest is February 2024 at 20.8 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Newark, NJ.

Cancellation Rate

1.71%

23,201 of 1,354,054 flights

Diversion Rate

0.12%

1,631 of 1,354,054 flights

Delay Rate

21.9%

296,448 of 1,354,054 flights

Top Routes from EWR

Busiest routes to and from Newark, NJ.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
MCO (Orlando) → EWR (Newark) 37,501 73.8% 937 mi
EWR (Newark) → MCO (Orlando) 37,486 75.6% 937 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → EWR (Newark) 33,452 76.8% 746 mi
EWR (Newark) → ATL (Atlanta) 33,447 79.5% 746 mi
EWR (Newark) → ORD (Chicago) 29,551 77.1% 719 mi
ORD (Chicago) → EWR (Newark) 29,547 74.4% 719 mi
EWR (Newark) → FLL (Fort Lauderdale) 29,146 75.3% 1,065 mi
FLL (Fort Lauderdale) → EWR (Newark) 29,136 74% 1,065 mi
EWR (Newark) → LAX (Los Angeles) 27,734 75.9% 2,454 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → EWR (Newark) 27,733 79.1% 2,454 mi
EWR (Newark) → MIA (Miami) 24,775 74.8% 1,085 mi
MIA (Miami) → EWR (Newark) 24,774 73.3% 1,085 mi
BOS (Boston) → EWR (Newark) 22,113 78.8% 200 mi
EWR (Newark) → BOS (Boston) 22,107 77% 200 mi
EWR (Newark) → SFO (San Francisco) 22,094 76.2% 2,565 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → EWR (Newark) 22,079 77.5% 2,565 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → EWR (Newark) 21,468 74.8% 529 mi
EWR (Newark) → CLT (Charlotte) 21,424 80.8% 529 mi
EWR (Newark) → IAH (Houston) 19,919 78.5% 1,400 mi
IAH (Houston) → EWR (Newark) 19,906 76.6% 1,400 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Newark, NJ, both outside New Jersey so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 78.1%).

Flint, MI

Flint, MI

78.1% on-time 31,426 flights

Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV

78% on-time 1,986,833 flights

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

78% on-time 1,049,006 flights

Eagle, CO

Eagle, CO

78% on-time 37,271 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 1,354,054).

Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City, UT

1,319,985 flights 85.8% on-time

Houston, TX

Houston, TX

1,404,392 flights 81.6% on-time

Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, MN

1,406,487 flights 85.4% on-time

Washington, DC

Washington, VA

1,425,060 flights 80.8% on-time

Other Airports in New Jersey

Compare performance with other New Jersey airports.

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Trenton, NJ

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EWR delay-share reading

The standout signal at Newark, NJ is traffic scale: 1,354,054 BTS flights (2020–2025) place it #18 of 382 by book size. That busy-book footprint sits beside a 78.1% on-time rate (0.9 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average), 296,448 delayed departures, and 23,201 cancellations (1.71% of the book).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (39.1% late-aircraft, 32.7% carrier, 23.2% NAS, 4.8% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, EWR is strongest in October (92% on-time) and weakest in July (85.3%), a 6.7-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~20,874 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to MCO (Orlando) at 73.8% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for New Jersey: New Jersey flight data.

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.

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Using EWR's data

EWR's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from EWR before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in October rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. October 2025 averaged 29.7 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.