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FRA→EWR

Frankfurt to Newark

Flights
1,642 both ways
Carriers
2
Distance
3,859 mi
Period
July 2025 to June 2026
—GRADE

No public record scores Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 1,642 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about two departures a day in each direction, flown by United and Lufthansa. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 70.8% of all departures from Frankfurt leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 78.3% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 77.4% of EWR's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.

On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Frankfurt ranks 10th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.

Key figures

Flights

1,642

Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)

Carriers

2

United Airlines, Lufthansa

FRA departures on time

70.8%

All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)

EWR domestic on time

77.4%

US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures

Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 0.6 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Frankfurt so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from EWR ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 3.44% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.

Carrier by carrier

Who flies FRA to EWR

United Airlines flew 57% of the 1,642 flights between FRA and EWR in the DOT's count, with Lufthansa on 699. Loads averaged 275 passengers a flight, which on this route means wide-body aircraft nearly full.

Carriers on FRA to EWR by flights operated
AirlineFlightsSharePer monthPassengers / flight
United Airlines94357%79257
Lufthansa69943%58300

DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.

Across the year

How often FRA to EWR flies through the year

The DOT's international report puts 159 flights on the pair in October 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 108 in April 2026, the thinnest. The schedule is close to flat through the year, which usually means business traffic rather than holiday demand underwrites it.

Flights per month, both directions

  • July 2025156
  • August 2025155
  • September 2025154
  • October 2025159
  • November 2025149
  • December 2025144
  • January 2026114
  • February 2026108
  • March 2026151
  • April 2026108
  • May 2026125
  • June 2026119
Flights in both directions together, as the DOT international report counts them; flights per calendar month.

The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 1,642 between FRA and EWR from July 2025 to June 2026, about two departures a day in each direction, carrying 452,180 passengers. That makes it the 5th busiest of 25 US routes from Frankfurt and the 5th busiest of 38 European routes into EWR.

The departure airport

How Frankfurt is running

EUROCONTROL's figures for Frankfurt as a whole, every airline and every destination: 70.8% of departures and 78.3% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 94.8% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 72.5% for departures, 2 points better than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.6 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.2 over the last week.

EUROCONTROL punctuality at Frankfurt
WindowDepartures on timeArrivals on timeSchedules operatedATFM delay / arrival
Yesterday (21 October 2026)75.9%82.2%97.3%0.0 min
Last 7 days72.5%76.9%97.2%0.2 min
Year to date70.8%78.3%94.8%0.6 min

Every US route from Frankfurt, and its full punctuality record

The arrival airport

Landing at Newark Liberty International

Newark Liberty International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 77.4% of its 122,267 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 3.44% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at EWR reaches a flight from FRA just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.

Domestic on time

77.4%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)

Avg delay

79 min

Delayed domestic flights only

Cancelled

3.44%

Domestic departures

122,267

Last twelve months

Newark Liberty International (EWR) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month

Your rights

EC 261/2004 on FRA to EWR

Every flight that departs Frankfurt falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Newark Liberty International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from EWR is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 3,859 miles, 6,209 km, which puts it in the top distance band.

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What to do with this

Booking FRA to EWR

There is no grade to give FRA to EWR without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about two departures a day in each direction, a choice of two carriers, a departure airport that gets 71% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 77% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at EWR; immigration comes before the connecting flight.

Common questions

FRA to EWR questions

How often are FRA to EWR flights delayed?

No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (70.8% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and EWR's domestic record in the DOT data (77.4% on time).

Which airlines fly FRA to EWR?

United Airlines and Lufthansa, in order of flights operated between July 2025 and June 2026. United Airlines accounted for 57% of the 1,642 flights the DOT counted on the pair.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed FRA to EWR flight?

Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Frankfurt are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from EWR is covered only on an EU carrier.

How many flights a day are there from FRA to EWR?

About two departures a day in each direction: the DOT counted 1,642 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 159 in October 2025 and falling to 108 in April 2026.

Related

Where to go next

Germany publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.

Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.