Airport month record
EWRAPR
Newark Liberty International in April 2026
- Departures
- 10,358
- Month
- April 2026
- National, same month
- 79.8%
- Carriers
- 9
Historical statistics for April 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s April. For today’s conditions at EWR, see live FAA status.
EWR in April earns an A+. More than four flights in five arrive inside the 15-minute window the DOT uses to define an on-time arrival, which puts it 5 points better than the national rate of 79.8%. When something does go wrong the average delay runs about an hour. That rests on 10,358 flights, of which Republic Airways flew 1,905 at 90.4% on time.
Republic Airways is the most reliable of the six carriers covered here at 90.4% on time across 1,905 flights.
Key figures
On time
85.0%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 10,263 completed departures
Avg delay
62 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
0.69%
Nationally in April: 0.90%
Whole year
77.7%
EWR across all twelve months
These figures cover 10,358 departures from Newark Liberty International in April 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
April next to EWR's other months
Against EWR's own year, April ran 7 points better than the twelve-month rate of 77.7%, which makes it number two of twelve months, best first. Cancellations were unusually low for EWR in April, at 0.69% against 3.03% across the year. Either side of it, March ran 77.7% on time and May 86.4%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 10,478 | 68.2% | 106 min | 6.82% | C− |
| August 2025 | 10,410 | 77.9% | 85 min | 1.20% | B |
| September 2025 | 9,945 | 82.7% | 81 min | 1.11% | B |
| October 2025 | 10,578 | 71.0% | 62 min | 1.01% | C |
| November 2025 | 10,403 | 73.9% | 79 min | 4.39% | C− |
| December 2025 | 10,652 | 70.5% | 75 min | 2.63% | C |
| January 2026 | 9,977 | 78.8% | 68 min | 6.37% | B− |
| February 2026 | 9,244 | 81.8% | 67 min | 7.88% | B− |
| March 2026 | 10,755 | 77.7% | 76 min | 2.32% | B |
| April 2026 (this page) | 10,358 | 85.0% | 62 min | 0.69% | A+ |
| May 2026 | 10,300 | 86.4% | 72 min | 0.93% | A+ |
| June 2026 | 9,967 | 78.6% | 87 min | 1.53% | B |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave EWR in April
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 12 points, against 23 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,636 flights92.4%
- 8am–11am2,039 flights87.4%
- 11am–2pm1,517 flights86.3%
- 2pm–5pm1,925 flights80.1%
- 5pm–8pm1,984 flights81.5%
- 8pm–5am1,257 flights82.7%
Scale runs 70% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 92.4% of the time, against 80.1% for the afternoon window. That is 12 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 2,039 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Saturday is the strongest day at 89.8% on time and Sunday the weakest at 81.6%. 8 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at EWR in April
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Republic Airways arrives on time 90.4% of the time; Spirit Airlines manages 67.8%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 660 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 5,778 | 84.9% | 59 min | 0.24% | B+ |
| Republic Airways | 1,905 | 90.4% | 47 min | 0.31% | A+ |
| Spirit Airlines | 660 | 67.8% | 75 min | 5.91% | C− |
| American Airlines | 551 | 85.5% | 81 min | 0.18% | A+ |
| Delta Air Lines | 538 | 89.4% | 101 min | 1.30% | A |
| JetBlue Airways | 465 | 82.3% | 55 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 265 | 87.0% | 45 min | 1.13% | A |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 115 | 69.3% | 60 min | 0.87% | C+ |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 53 | 83.0% | 69 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Spirit Airlines cancels 5.9% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of EWR in April
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWR to MCO · Orlando | 662 | 85.0% | 62 min | 0.60% | A+ |
| EWR to ORD · Chicago | 532 | 78.1% | 93 min | 1.88% | B |
| EWR to ATL · Atlanta | 527 | 86.7% | 52 min | 1.52% | A |
| EWR to FLL · Fort Lauderdale | 465 | 79.1% | 50 min | 0.86% | B+ |
| EWR to PBI · West Palm Beach | 383 | 81.0% | 62 min | 0.78% | B+ |
| EWR to SFO · San Francisco | 382 | 77.9% | 72 min | 1.31% | B |
| EWR to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 355 | 80.3% | 65 min | 1.13% | B |
| EWR to MIA · Miamithin sample | 353 | 81.8% | 61 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| EWR to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 347 | 81.0% | 60 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| EWR to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 306 | 85.9% | 56 min | 0.65% | A+ |
| EWR to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 297 | 85.7% | 67 min | 1.01% | A |
| EWR to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 285 | 85.8% | 63 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| EWR to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 284 | 85.1% | 51 min | 0.70% | A+ |
| EWR to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 278 | 86.6% | 89 min | 0.36% | A+ |
| EWR to DEN · Denverthin sample | 270 | 88.9% | 56 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| EWR to TPA · Tampathin sample | 235 | 90.2% | 41 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| EWR to RSW · Fort Myersthin sample | 210 | 85.1% | 50 min | 0.48% | A+ |
| EWR to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 206 | 88.3% | 70 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| EWR to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 197 | 86.5% | 75 min | 1.52% | A |
| EWR to SJU · San Juanthin sample | 191 | 79.6% | 57 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| EWR to AUS · Austinthin sample | 188 | 84.1% | 91 min | 3.19% | B− |
| EWR to SEA · Seattlethin sample | 181 | 91.0% | 51 min | 1.10% | A |
| EWR to CLE · Clevelandthin sample | 179 | 92.2% | 51 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| EWR to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 176 | 89.7% | 162 min | 1.14% | A |
| EWR to IND · Indianapolisthin sample | 173 | 93.6% | 58 min | 0.58% | A+ |
Delay causes
What held EWR up in April
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 96,000 reported delay minutes.
- 34%Late-arriving aircraft
- 33%National Airspace System
- 32%Carrier
- 2%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
34% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 96,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 21 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 95,581 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations are rare at 0.69%, below the national 0.90% and low enough to earn the plus on the grade. Roughly one flight in 100 is called off; the risk here is arriving late, not not arriving.
Badly late arrivals are rare here: only 4.6% land an hour or more behind schedule, against 6.4% nationally. Connections built on this flight are about as safe as US domestic connections get, though a cancelled flight still ignores every layover you give it.
What to do with this
Flying from EWR in April
For a April trip through EWR: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 85.0% on time with 0.69% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular day.
Related
Where to go next
- Newark Liberty International (EWR), the whole year
- EWR in July68.2%
- EWR in August77.9%
- EWR in September82.7%
- EWR in October71.0%
- EWR in November73.9%
- EWR in December70.5%
- EWR in January78.8%
- EWR in February81.8%
- EWR in March77.7%
- EWR in May86.4%
- EWR in June78.6%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.