On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2024

Newark Liberty International in November 2024

78.3%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,698 domestic departures from Newark Liberty International (EWR). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so EWR departures were 6.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 10,737 departures with 88.2% leaving on time: a change of −9.9 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at EWR that month were on time 71.5% of the time (10,705 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 24%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2024Nov 2023EWR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time78.3%88.2%77.3%85.2%
Arrived on time77.0%88.9%75.3%84.8%
Cancelled0.3%0.1%3.1%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.5 min8.3 min17.0 min10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day35735833619,180
Scheduled departures10,69810,737122,705575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines5,81854%76.7%5.3 min0.2%
YX Republic Airline1,88518%79.5%1.1 min0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines8438%76.7%1.5 min0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines5485%77.2%9.1 min0.0%
AA American Airlines5055%79.8%1.4 min0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways4374%77.6%1.4 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines3013%68.8%10.1 min0.3%
9E Endeavor Air1401%70.0%18.9 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines831%69.9%20.6 min1.2%
MQ Envoy Air801%63.7%12.7 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air581%82.8%0.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
EWR–MCONewark to Orlando58981.7%-4.3 min0.5%
EWR–ORDNewark to Chicago55371.2%8.9 min0.0%
EWR–ATLNewark to Atlanta51173.4%11.2 min0.4%
EWR–FLLNewark to Fort Lauderdale45578.5%0.8 min0.4%
EWR–LAXNewark to Los Angeles40478.0%5.7 min0.7%
EWR–SFONewark to San Francisco39666.7%15.3 min0.5%
EWR–MIANewark to Miami34381.6%-3.3 min0.0%
EWR–BOSNewark to Boston33973.5%10.1 min0.0%
EWR–IAHNewark to Houston32681.9%2.7 min0.0%
EWR–DFWNewark to Dallas/Fort Worth31076.8%2.3 min0.6%
EWR–PBINewark to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach30783.7%-5.2 min0.0%
EWR–LASNewark to Las Vegas29975.6%7.1 min1.0%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2024Minutes
Air carrier24.0%36.9%37,605
Late-arriving aircraft50.0%35.6%78,307
National Aviation System25.3%21.9%39,624
Extreme weather0.7%5.4%1,129
Security0.1%0.2%89
156,754 delay minutes on 2,416 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 November 2024?

78.3% of 10,698 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 88.2% of 10,737 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 78.3% and 0.3% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.