Newark Liberty International in November 2023

88.2%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 10,737 domestic departures from Newark Liberty International (EWR). 88.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.9% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so EWR departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at EWR that month were on time 89.5% of the time (10,741 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 88.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.9%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from EWR in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	EWR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	88.2%	—	77.3%	86.0%
Arrived on time	88.9%	—	75.3%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	3.1%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.3 min	—	17.0 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	358	—	336	18,793
Scheduled departures	10,737	—	122,705	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	5,527	51%	88.7%	-6.2 min	0.1%
YX Republic Airline	2,160	20%	96.3%	-13.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	862	8%	83.5%	1.5 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	541	5%	86.7%	3.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	531	5%	87.8%	-0.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	525	5%	78.9%	5.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	307	3%	82.1%	-0.9 min	0.7%
9E Endeavor Air	150	1%	85.3%	0.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	66	1%	71.2%	4.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	63	1%	95.2%	-14.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	5	0%	100.0%	-7.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
EWR–MCO	Newark to Orlando	646	85.8%	-0.1 min	0.2%
EWR–LAX	Newark to Los Angeles	513	86.2%	-5.7 min	0.2%
EWR–ORD	Newark to Chicago	480	89.8%	-5.8 min	0.0%
EWR–FLL	Newark to Fort Lauderdale	479	85.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%
EWR–ATL	Newark to Atlanta	456	89.5%	-3.9 min	0.0%
EWR–MIA	Newark to Miami	414	84.8%	-2.3 min	0.2%
EWR–SFO	Newark to San Francisco	347	85.6%	-6.1 min	0.0%
EWR–IAH	Newark to Houston	327	90.5%	-6.8 min	0.0%
EWR–DFW	Newark to Dallas/Fort Worth	306	81.0%	10.5 min	0.0%
EWR–BOS	Newark to Boston	290	89.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
EWR–LAS	Newark to Las Vegas	281	88.3%	-8.8 min	0.0%
EWR–CLT	Newark to Charlotte	276	88.0%	-2.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.2%	42.5%	29,250
Late-arriving aircraft	41.7%	37.3%	30,367
National Aviation System	17.4%	16.2%	12,683
Extreme weather	0.4%	3.7%	258
Security	0.3%	0.3%	245

72,803 delay minutes on 1,174 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left EWR on time in November 2023?

88.2% of 10,737 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for EWR · methodology · corrections.