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Airport month · December 2023
Newark Liberty International in December 2023
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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 10,517 domestic departures from Newark Liberty International (EWR). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.1% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so EWR departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at EWR that month were on time 85.1% of the time (10,504 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 86.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.6%
- Cancelled 0.1%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | EWR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.2% | — | 77.3% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 86.1% | — | 75.3% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | — | 3.1% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.1 min | — | 17.0 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 351 | — | 336 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,517 | — | 122,705 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 5,675 | 54% | 87.2% | -7.5 min | 0.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 1,772 | 17% | 93.8% | -12.8 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 889 | 8% | 78.4% | 3.1 min | 0.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 610 | 6% | 70.3% | 10.0 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 523 | 5% | 81.1% | 9.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 519 | 5% | 88.2% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 264 | 3% | 86.4% | -17.0 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 108 | 1% | 80.6% | -5.4 min | 1.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 97 | 1% | 71.1% | 0.0 min | 1.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 58 | 1% | 89.7% | -10.5 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2 | 0% | 100.0% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWR–MCO | Newark to Orlando | 705 | 78.9% | 3.7 min | 0.1% |
| EWR–FLL | Newark to Fort Lauderdale | 540 | 75.9% | 7.2 min | 0.4% |
| EWR–ATL | Newark to Atlanta | 460 | 88.3% | -7.1 min | 0.0% |
| EWR–MIA | Newark to Miami | 455 | 71.0% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| EWR–LAX | Newark to Los Angeles | 451 | 84.5% | -5.6 min | 0.0% |
| EWR–ORD | Newark to Chicago | 443 | 87.4% | -8.3 min | 0.2% |
| EWR–PBI | Newark to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach | 338 | 77.5% | 6.1 min | 0.3% |
| EWR–SFO | Newark to San Francisco | 336 | 87.2% | -11.5 min | 0.0% |
| EWR–IAH | Newark to Houston | 323 | 88.5% | -10.3 min | 0.3% |
| EWR–PHX | Newark to Phoenix | 277 | 89.5% | -13.8 min | 0.4% |
| EWR–CLT | Newark to Charlotte | 275 | 86.9% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| EWR–DFW | Newark to Dallas/Fort Worth | 270 | 88.1% | -9.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left EWR on time in December 2023?
84.2% of 10,517 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.