Airport month record
EWRJUN
Newark Liberty International in June 2026
- Departures
- 9,967
- Month
- June 2026
- National, same month
- 74.3%
- Carriers
- 8
Historical statistics for June 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s June. For today’s conditions at EWR, see live FAA status.
EWR in June lands a B, 4 points better than the national rate of 74.3%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by an hour and a half on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 9,967 flights, of which Republic Airways flew 2,340 at 83.4% on time.
Republic Airways is the most reliable of the five carriers covered here at 83.4% on time across 2,340 flights.
Key figures
On time
78.6%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 9,791 completed departures
Avg delay
87 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.53%
Nationally in June: 1.65%
Whole year
77.7%
EWR across all twelve months
These figures cover 9,967 departures from Newark Liberty International in June 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
June next to EWR's other months
Against EWR's own year, June ran level with the twelve-month rate of 77.7%, which makes it number six of twelve months, best first. Cancellations were unusually low for EWR in June, at 1.53% against 3.03% across the year.
| 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 | 10,358 | 85.0% | 62 min | 0.69% | A+ |
| May 2026 | 10,300 | 86.4% | 72 min | 0.93% | A+ |
| June 2026 (this page) | 9,967 | 78.6% | 87 min | 1.53% | B |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave EWR in June
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 25 points, against 7 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,657 flights91.6%
- 8am–11am1,879 flights87.2%
- 11am–2pm1,531 flights84.2%
- 2pm–5pm1,678 flights71.8%
- 5pm–8pm1,869 flights66.5%
- 8pm–5am1,353 flights69.0%
Scale runs 60% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 91.6% of the time, against 66.5% for the evening window. That is 25 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 1,879 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 81.8% on time and Sunday the weakest at 72.8%. 9 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at EWR in June
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Republic Airways arrives on time 83.4% of the time; United Airlines manages 76.6%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 5,577 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 5,577 | 76.6% | 81 min | 0.65% | B+ |
| Republic Airways | 2,340 | 83.4% | 94 min | 3.08% | B− |
| American Airlines | 607 | 80.6% | 112 min | 2.14% | B |
| Delta Air Lines | 551 | 78.1% | 127 min | 2.90% | B |
| JetBlue Airways | 463 | 80.8% | 74 min | 1.94% | B |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 249 | 77.3% | 71 min | 0.80% | B+ |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 119 | 68.4% | 97 min | 3.36% | C− |
| Allegiant Airthin sample | 61 | 82.0% | 64 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Republic Airways cancels 3.1% 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 June
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWR to ORD · Chicago | 528 | 73.0% | 104 min | 2.27% | C |
| EWR to ATL · Atlanta | 507 | 77.6% | 96 min | 2.96% | B |
| EWR to MCO · Orlando | 415 | 85.1% | 94 min | 0.72% | A+ |
| EWR to LAX · Los Angeles | 381 | 66.8% | 75 min | 0.26% | C+ |
| EWR to SFO · San Francisco | 370 | 51.5% | 72 min | 0.81% | F+ |
| EWR to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 327 | 75.7% | 73 min | 1.83% | B |
| EWR to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 321 | 74.0% | 92 min | 2.80% | C |
| EWR to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 300 | 80.0% | 63 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| EWR to DEN · Denverthin sample | 300 | 75.3% | 70 min | 0.33% | B+ |
| EWR to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 280 | 78.6% | 149 min | 3.21% | B− |
| EWR to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 271 | 84.3% | 87 min | 1.11% | B |
| EWR to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 270 | 90.3% | 87 min | 0.74% | A+ |
| EWR to MIA · Miamithin sample | 270 | 84.4% | 68 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| EWR to SEA · Seattlethin sample | 225 | 75.3% | 70 min | 0.89% | B+ |
| EWR to PBI · West Palm Beachthin sample | 224 | 85.1% | 49 min | 1.34% | A |
| EWR to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 213 | 78.4% | 73 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| EWR to TPA · Tampathin sample | 206 | 88.8% | 68 min | 0.49% | A+ |
| EWR to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 201 | 76.1% | 102 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| EWR to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 200 | 76.3% | 126 min | 2.50% | B |
| EWR to CMH · Columbusthin sample | 176 | 79.5% | 130 min | 2.84% | B |
| EWR to IND · Indianapolisthin sample | 176 | 81.5% | 101 min | 0.57% | B+ |
| EWR to CLE · Clevelandthin sample | 175 | 79.9% | 144 min | 0.57% | B+ |
| EWR to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 172 | 76.6% | 77 min | 0.58% | B+ |
| EWR to SJU · San Juanthin sample | 161 | 84.4% | 83 min | 0.62% | B+ |
| EWR to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 150 | 81.8% | 80 min | 1.33% | B |
Delay causes
What held EWR up in June
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 182,000 reported delay minutes.
- 37%Late-arriving aircraft
- 29%Carrier
- 29%National Airspace System
- 5%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
37% 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 182,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 7 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 182,434 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.53% against a national 1.65%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.24%.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 9.6% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 9.7% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from EWR in June
For a June trip through EWR: expect 78.6% on time and 1.53% cancelled, going by June 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the 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 April85.0%
- EWR in May86.4%
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.