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Airport month · April 2024

Newark Liberty International in April 2024

78.4%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,729 domestic departures from Newark Liberty International (EWR). 78.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.4% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so EWR departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at EWR that month were on time 80.3% of the time (10,730 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 25%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2024Year earlierEWR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time78.4%—77.3%80.5%
Arrived on time77.4%—75.3%80.2%
Cancelled1.4%—3.1%0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)16.1 min—17.0 min14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day358—33619,406
Scheduled departures10,729—122,705582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines5,99156%74.8%7.9 min1.4%
YX Republic Airline1,79617%85.4%-3.3 min1.7%
NK Spirit Airlines8858%80.0%0.7 min1.4%
AA American Airlines5415%75.0%11.8 min1.8%
DL Delta Air Lines5275%83.9%6.5 min0.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways4274%76.1%10.2 min1.4%
AS Alaska Airlines2793%74.9%2.4 min0.4%
9E Endeavor Air1381%71.7%15.9 min2.2%
MQ Envoy Air991%65.7%9.2 min1.0%
G4 Allegiant Air450%91.1%-11.3 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines10%100.0%9.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
EWR–MCONewark to Orlando62978.9%6.0 min1.4%
EWR–FLLNewark to Fort Lauderdale50680.0%4.5 min0.6%
EWR–ATLNewark to Atlanta50379.7%6.7 min0.4%
EWR–ORDNewark to Chicago47474.9%8.7 min0.6%
EWR–LAXNewark to Los Angeles46174.2%9.8 min1.3%
EWR–MIANewark to Miami40876.7%3.4 min2.0%
EWR–PBINewark to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach36080.3%2.2 min0.8%
EWR–BOSNewark to Boston34474.1%13.6 min1.2%
EWR–CLTNewark to Charlotte33774.2%13.5 min1.2%
EWR–SFONewark to San Francisco32462.0%20.4 min1.5%
EWR–DFWNewark to Dallas/Fort Worth28670.6%9.0 min2.4%
EWR–IAHNewark to Houston27071.5%11.0 min1.1%

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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2024Minutes
Air carrier29.1%33.6%48,033
Late-arriving aircraft40.6%41.0%67,035
National Aviation System24.5%20.0%40,473
Extreme weather5.7%5.1%9,394
Security0.0%0.2%71
165,006 delay minutes on 2,249 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 April 2024?

78.4% of 10,729 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.