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Airport month · July 2024

Newark Liberty International in July 2024

64.4%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,102 domestic departures from Newark Liberty International (EWR). 64.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.2% reached their destination on time; 5.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so EWR departures were 4.1 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at EWR that month were on time 61.8% of the time (11,095 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 23%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierEWR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time64.4%—77.3%68.5%
Arrived on time61.2%—75.3%68.1%
Cancelled5.0%—3.1%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)32.6 min—17.0 min24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day370—33621,154
Scheduled departures11,102—122,705634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines5,70851%58.9%30.1 min4.1%
YX Republic Airline2,13319%68.2%14.9 min6.0%
NK Spirit Airlines9699%61.6%20.0 min8.6%
AA American Airlines6396%57.9%39.9 min3.8%
DL Delta Air Lines5755%53.2%47.3 min8.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways4974%68.4%22.4 min1.4%
AS Alaska Airlines2993%63.9%17.8 min1.3%
9E Endeavor Air1321%43.2%45.9 min15.2%
G4 Allegiant Air741%83.8%-3.8 min5.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines490%59.2%72.8 min2.0%
MQ Envoy Air270%85.2%-18.0 min3.7%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
EWR–ORDNewark to Chicago53857.6%37.3 min5.2%
EWR–ATLNewark to Atlanta51852.3%44.5 min7.9%
EWR–MCONewark to Orlando48162.2%23.9 min4.4%
EWR–LAXNewark to Los Angeles47365.5%26.5 min3.0%
EWR–BOSNewark to Boston40558.5%25.3 min5.9%
EWR–FLLNewark to Fort Lauderdale38266.2%19.0 min3.7%
EWR–CLTNewark to Charlotte35656.7%37.9 min6.5%
EWR–IAHNewark to Houston34348.7%41.0 min6.1%
EWR–SFONewark to San Francisco34163.6%33.4 min4.7%
EWR–DFWNewark to Dallas/Fort Worth31861.3%27.0 min3.8%
EWR–MIANewark to Miami30058.7%30.6 min2.7%
EWR–DTWNewark to Detroit29158.1%37.0 min7.6%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier29.8%36.6%107,486
Late-arriving aircraft42.9%42.7%154,881
National Aviation System22.9%16.0%82,808
Extreme weather4.3%4.6%15,455
Security0.1%0.1%265
360,895 delay minutes on 3,727 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 July 2024?

64.4% of 11,102 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.