Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
MXP→EWR
Milan to Newark
- Flights
- 1,236 both ways
- Carriers
- 2
- Distance
- 4,000 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Milan Malpensa 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 1,236 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, flown by United and La Compagnie. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 66.2% of all departures from Milan Malpensa leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 74.1% 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, Milan Malpensa ranks 32nd 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
1,236
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
2
United Airlines, La Compagnie
MXP departures on time
66.2%
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 0.5 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Milan Malpensa 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 MXP to EWR
United Airlines flew 59% of the 1,236 flights between MXP and EWR in the DOT's count, with La Compagnie on 511. Loads averaged 170 passengers a flight, which on this route means wide-body aircraft nearly full.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 725 | 59% | 60 | 252 |
| La Compagnie | 511 | 41% | 43 | 55 |
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 MXP to EWR flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 109 flights on the pair in April 2026, the busiest month of the window, and 90 in November 2025, 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 2025102
- August 2025100
- September 2025105
- October 2025107
- November 202590
- December 2025105
- January 2026100
- February 202697
- March 2026105
- April 2026109
- May 2026108
- June 2026108
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 1,236 between MXP and EWR from July 2025 to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, carrying 210,545 passengers. That makes it the 2nd busiest of 7 US routes from Milan Malpensa and the 9th busiest of 38 European routes into EWR.
The departure airport
How Milan Malpensa is running
EUROCONTROL's figures for Milan Malpensa as a whole, every airline and every destination: 66.2% of departures and 74.1% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 94.3% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 54.0% for departures, 12 points worse than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.5 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.3 over the last week.
| Window | Departures on time | Arrivals on time | Schedules operated | ATFM delay / arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday (21 October 2026) | 55.3% | 61.4% | 94.1% | 0.8 min |
| Last 7 days | 54.0% | 67.0% | 92.7% | 0.3 min |
| Year to date | 66.2% | 74.1% | 94.3% | 0.5 min |
Every US route from Milan Malpensa, 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 MXP 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 MXP to EWR
Every flight that departs Milan Malpensa 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 4,000 miles, 6,436 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
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What to do with this
Booking MXP to EWR
There is no grade to give MXP to EWR without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about one departure a day in each direction, a choice of two carriers, a departure airport that gets 66% 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
MXP to EWR questions
How often are MXP 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 (66.2% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and EWR's domestic record in the DOT data (77.4% on time).
Which airlines fly MXP to EWR?
United Airlines and La Compagnie, in order of flights operated between July 2025 and June 2026. United Airlines accounted for 59% of the 1,236 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed MXP 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 Milan Malpensa 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 MXP to EWR?
About one departure a day in each direction: the DOT counted 1,236 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 109 in April 2026 and falling to 90 in November 2025.
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Where to go next
- Milan Malpensa (MXP): every US route
- Newark Liberty International (EWR) delay statistics
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- MXP to ORD, Chicago (ORD)475 flights
- MXP to PHL, Philadelphia (PHL)340 flights
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- CDG to EWR, from Paris2,140 flights
- LIS to EWR, from Lisbon2,069 flights
- DUB to EWR, from Dublin1,996 flights
- Every Europe-to-US route and airport
Italy 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.