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EWR → DTW

Newark Liberty International Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
79.9%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
5.6%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
91 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
3,660
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 35%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 33%
  • Air traffic control & airport 27%
  • Extreme weather 5%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 84.5% 359
October 2025 72.9% 347
November 2025 77.2% 335
December 2025 65.4% 307
January 2026 79.6% 297
February 2026 88.6% 285
March 2026 80.1% 323
April 2026 86.6% 278
May 2026 90.5% 261
June 2026 78.6% 280
July 2026 78.5% 296
August 2026 79.8% 292

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Delta Air Lines 1,612 79.6% 4.0% 110 min
Republic Airways 1,558 84.4% 6.7% 74 min
NK 433 65.7% 8.3% 77 min
United Airlines 57 75.0% 1.8% 49 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • DL2596

    10% late · 365 flights

  • DL2577

    19% late · 362 flights

  • DL2566

    17% late · 342 flights

  • DL2573

    26% late · 325 flights

  • YX3437

    15% late · 297 flights

  • YX3586

    19% late · 260 flights

  • YX3700

    13% late · 196 flights

  • DL2567

    42% late · 194 flights

  • YX3412

    23% late · 125 flights

  • YX3672

    4% late · 107 flights

  • YX3658

    25% late · 98 flights

  • YX3606

    23% late · 79 flights

  • NK832

    50% late · 61 flights

  • NK1001

    22% late · 59 flights

  • NK1446

    29% late · 58 flights

  • NK2035

    10% late · 50 flights

  • YX3596

    26% late · 46 flights

  • YX3622

    4% late · 46 flights

  • YX3428

    20% late · 37 flights

  • NK1159

    66% late · 35 flights

  • NK2829

    30% late · 35 flights

  • YX3558

    21% late · 35 flights

  • NK1402

    55% late · 33 flights

  • YX3591

    3% late · 32 flights

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