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Airport month · January 2024

Newark Liberty International in January 2024

74.0%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,176 domestic departures from Newark Liberty International (EWR). 74.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 6.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so EWR departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at EWR that month were on time 76.1% of the time (10,179 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 22%.

Every scheduled departure from EWR in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2024Year earlierEWR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time74.0%—77.3%74.0%
Arrived on time73.9%—75.3%72.9%
Cancelled6.9%—3.1%3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.9 min—17.0 min18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day339—33618,242
Scheduled departures10,176—122,705547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines5,78957%70.7%3.6 min9.6%
YX Republic Airline1,58516%85.6%-9.6 min3.6%
NK Spirit Airlines8378%78.5%5.1 min1.4%
AA American Airlines5305%74.5%9.6 min2.1%
DL Delta Air Lines5105%77.1%13.2 min0.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways4795%73.7%6.0 min0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines1782%59.0%-1.1 min27.5%
9E Endeavor Air1221%68.9%21.7 min1.6%
MQ Envoy Air1121%49.1%29.9 min12.5%
G4 Allegiant Air340%73.5%6.2 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
EWR–MCONewark to Orlando61969.0%9.5 min7.4%
EWR–FLLNewark to Fort Lauderdale52966.9%9.6 min11.2%
EWR–ATLNewark to Atlanta46075.0%9.4 min3.3%
EWR–LAXNewark to Los Angeles43575.9%-2.4 min5.7%
EWR–MIANewark to Miami43060.0%14.6 min10.7%
EWR–ORDNewark to Chicago43064.2%12.9 min10.0%
EWR–PBINewark to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach34163.3%8.3 min18.5%
EWR–CLTNewark to Charlotte28975.8%10.5 min2.1%
EWR–SFONewark to San Francisco28778.0%0.3 min4.5%
EWR–BOSNewark to Boston28578.6%6.2 min2.8%
EWR–IAHNewark to Houston28364.0%4.6 min12.0%
EWR–DFWNewark to Dallas/Fort Worth26375.3%8.9 min3.0%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2024Minutes
Air carrier30.5%32.6%43,169
Late-arriving aircraft44.0%39.0%62,135
National Aviation System21.8%17.9%30,752
Extreme weather3.6%10.3%5,130
Security0.1%0.2%171
141,357 delay minutes on 1,924 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left EWR on time in January 2024?

74.0% of 10,176 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.