Newark Liberty International in March 2024

79.5%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,697 domestic departures from Newark Liberty International (EWR). 79.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so EWR departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at EWR that month were on time 82.3% of the time (10,705 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.6%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	EWR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	79.5%	—	77.3%	78.5%
Arrived on time	81.6%	—	75.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	3.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	—	17.0 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	357	—	336	19,726
Scheduled departures	10,697	—	122,705	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	6,021	56%	80.2%	-0.7 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	1,767	17%	93.3%	-15.6 min	0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	855	8%	74.2%	8.3 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	543	5%	79.2%	6.6 min	2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	528	5%	85.4%	1.2 min	0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	437	4%	66.1%	17.0 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	254	2%	77.2%	-3.7 min	0.8%
9E Endeavor Air	140	1%	82.1%	0.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	101	1%	84.2%	-3.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	51	0%	90.2%	-9.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
EWR–MCO	Newark to Orlando	626	71.7%	12.5 min	1.3%
EWR–FLL	Newark to Fort Lauderdale	520	66.2%	17.8 min	1.3%
EWR–ATL	Newark to Atlanta	465	83.4%	2.2 min	0.0%
EWR–ORD	Newark to Chicago	460	84.1%	-3.6 min	0.2%
EWR–LAX	Newark to Los Angeles	458	78.2%	-1.0 min	1.1%
EWR–MIA	Newark to Miami	412	73.3%	8.4 min	1.7%
EWR–PBI	Newark to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	365	72.3%	5.5 min	0.3%
EWR–BOS	Newark to Boston	342	79.5%	2.1 min	1.2%
EWR–SFO	Newark to San Francisco	321	70.4%	7.3 min	1.2%
EWR–DFW	Newark to Dallas/Fort Worth	300	82.0%	3.3 min	0.7%
EWR–CLT	Newark to Charlotte	291	83.2%	2.0 min	0.7%
EWR–IAH	Newark to Houston	278	80.9%	2.3 min	0.4%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.7%	32.1%	41,491
Late-arriving aircraft	42.4%	42.1%	57,315
National Aviation System	24.5%	21.4%	33,039
Extreme weather	2.2%	4.2%	3,025
Security	0.2%	0.2%	207

135,077 delay minutes on 1,886 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 March 2024?

79.5% of 10,697 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.