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Airport month · March 2025
Newark Liberty International in March 2025
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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 10,648 domestic departures from Newark Liberty International (EWR). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so EWR departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 10,697 departures with 79.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.2 points, with flights down 0%.
Flights arriving at EWR that month were on time 77.2% of the time (10,658 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 26%.
- On time 80.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | EWR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.7% | 79.5% | 77.3% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 80.8% | 81.6% | 75.3% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.6% | 3.1% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.9 min | 15.0 min | 17.0 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 355 | 357 | 336 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,648 | 10,697 | 122,705 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 6,044 | 57% | 80.5% | 0.5 min | 0.4% |
| YX Republic Airline | 1,752 | 16% | 87.7% | -10.1 min | 2.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 835 | 8% | 81.6% | -2.4 min | 1.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 554 | 5% | 81.6% | 0.0 min | 1.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 528 | 5% | 80.1% | 5.2 min | 0.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 430 | 4% | 65.6% | 15.8 min | 1.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 245 | 2% | 79.2% | -5.4 min | 0.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 117 | 1% | 69.2% | 7.2 min | 2.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 93 | 1% | 47.3% | 32.7 min | 3.2% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 50 | 0% | 80.0% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWR–MCO | Newark to Orlando | 621 | 81.2% | 0.3 min | 0.8% |
| EWR–ORD | Newark to Chicago | 531 | 77.2% | 4.5 min | 0.6% |
| EWR–ATL | Newark to Atlanta | 523 | 75.7% | 7.1 min | 1.3% |
| EWR–FLL | Newark to Fort Lauderdale | 499 | 73.1% | 11.9 min | 0.4% |
| EWR–MIA | Newark to Miami | 419 | 77.3% | 3.1 min | 0.7% |
| EWR–PBI | Newark to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach | 398 | 71.1% | 8.4 min | 0.5% |
| EWR–LAX | Newark to Los Angeles | 376 | 86.2% | -11.9 min | 0.5% |
| EWR–SFO | Newark to San Francisco | 355 | 81.1% | -5.3 min | 0.0% |
| EWR–BOS | Newark to Boston | 342 | 78.1% | 5.5 min | 0.9% |
| EWR–CLT | Newark to Charlotte | 337 | 81.6% | 1.5 min | 1.2% |
| EWR–IAH | Newark to Houston | 308 | 81.8% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| EWR–DFW | Newark to Dallas/Fort Worth | 298 | 80.9% | -6.3 min | 1.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left EWR on time in March 2025?
80.7% of 10,648 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 79.5% of 10,697 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 0.9% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.