Newark Liberty International in February 2025

80.0%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 9,403 domestic departures from Newark Liberty International (EWR). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.6% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so EWR departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 9,893 departures with 85.2% leaving on time: a change of −5.2 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at EWR that month were on time 79.1% of the time (9,400 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 26%.

On time 74.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.9%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from EWR in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	EWR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	80.0%	85.2%	77.3%	79.2%
Arrived on time	74.6%	86.1%	75.3%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.2%	1.3%	3.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.1 min	9.2 min	17.0 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	313	330	336	16,830
Scheduled departures	9,403	9,893	122,705	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	5,455	58%	74.3%	6.9 min	0.6%
YX Republic Airline	1,556	17%	79.6%	-2.1 min	3.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	717	8%	77.5%	2.1 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	484	5%	77.3%	3.8 min	1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	471	5%	69.6%	17.3 min	0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	379	4%	68.6%	16.6 min	1.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	146	2%	67.1%	6.4 min	2.1%
MQ Envoy Air	90	1%	61.1%	23.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	84	1%	48.8%	37.4 min	1.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	0%	71.4%	6.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
EWR–MCO	Newark to Orlando	561	78.1%	4.6 min	1.4%
EWR–FLL	Newark to Fort Lauderdale	471	77.9%	3.5 min	1.1%
EWR–ORD	Newark to Chicago	471	71.5%	11.1 min	0.0%
EWR–ATL	Newark to Atlanta	464	71.3%	11.0 min	0.0%
EWR–MIA	Newark to Miami	404	77.2%	3.1 min	0.7%
EWR–PBI	Newark to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	334	73.4%	6.8 min	1.5%
EWR–LAX	Newark to Los Angeles	314	72.6%	6.9 min	1.0%
EWR–BOS	Newark to Boston	300	73.3%	9.2 min	3.3%
EWR–CLT	Newark to Charlotte	291	75.9%	5.8 min	1.7%
EWR–SFO	Newark to San Francisco	290	71.7%	9.3 min	0.0%
EWR–IAH	Newark to Houston	289	76.8%	-0.9 min	0.3%
EWR–DFW	Newark to Dallas/Fort Worth	277	72.2%	0.6 min	1.4%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.8%	33.9%	38,758
Late-arriving aircraft	36.6%	36.9%	54,991
National Aviation System	33.3%	22.5%	49,985
Extreme weather	4.2%	6.6%	6,239
Security	0.1%	0.1%	91

150,064 delay minutes on 2,250 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 February 2025?

80.0% of 9,403 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 85.2% of 9,893 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 80.0% and 1.2% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.