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Airport month · May 2024
Newark Liberty International in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,358 domestic departures from Newark Liberty International (EWR). 75.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so EWR departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at EWR that month were on time 76.5% of the time (11,357 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 25%.
- On time 73.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.4%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | EWR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.3% | — | 77.3% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 73.9% | — | 75.3% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | — | 3.1% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.9 min | — | 17.0 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 379 | — | 336 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,358 | — | 122,705 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 6,051 | 53% | 70.7% | 11.6 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 2,059 | 18% | 84.8% | -5.3 min | 1.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 964 | 8% | 72.3% | 10.9 min | 1.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 570 | 5% | 81.8% | 4.1 min | 0.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 555 | 5% | 73.2% | 10.9 min | 0.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 553 | 5% | 66.2% | 16.4 min | 3.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 301 | 3% | 75.1% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 143 | 1% | 69.2% | 18.5 min | 3.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 112 | 1% | 62.5% | 14.3 min | 7.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 50 | 0% | 82.0% | -5.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWR–MCO | Newark to Orlando | 585 | 73.8% | 9.9 min | 1.5% |
| EWR–ATL | Newark to Atlanta | 548 | 74.6% | 9.1 min | 1.3% |
| EWR–ORD | Newark to Chicago | 513 | 69.2% | 13.4 min | 2.3% |
| EWR–LAX | Newark to Los Angeles | 511 | 71.4% | 15.2 min | 1.0% |
| EWR–FLL | Newark to Fort Lauderdale | 441 | 74.8% | 8.5 min | 0.5% |
| EWR–BOS | Newark to Boston | 404 | 69.1% | 10.7 min | 2.2% |
| EWR–MIA | Newark to Miami | 367 | 73.0% | 8.7 min | 2.2% |
| EWR–CLT | Newark to Charlotte | 365 | 68.8% | 15.2 min | 0.8% |
| EWR–SFO | Newark to San Francisco | 337 | 59.1% | 19.9 min | 3.3% |
| EWR–IAH | Newark to Houston | 320 | 62.5% | 19.5 min | 1.9% |
| EWR–DFW | Newark to Dallas/Fort Worth | 300 | 59.3% | 29.4 min | 4.7% |
| EWR–PBI | Newark to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach | 297 | 75.1% | 7.3 min | 0.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left EWR on time in May 2024?
75.3% of 11,358 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.