Route
EWR → LAX
Newark Liberty International Airport Los Angeles International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 70.7%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 2.5%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 86 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 4,750
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 37%
- Late-arriving aircraft 35%
- Air traffic control & airport 23%
- Extreme weather 4%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 76.4% | 466 |
| October 2025 | 65.7% | 482 |
| November 2025 | 68.0% | 468 |
| December 2025 | 64.5% | 476 |
| January 2026 | 61.3% | 327 |
| February 2026 | 74.3% | 302 |
| March 2026 | 79.8% | 366 |
| April 2026 | 80.3% | 355 |
| May 2026 | 83.5% | 339 |
| June 2026 | 66.8% | 381 |
| July 2026 | 66.7% | 403 |
| August 2026 | 64.9% | 385 |
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
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 3,527 | 71.0% | 1.9% | 87 min |
| Alaska Airlines | 491 | 72.1% | 2.6% | 74 min |
| JetBlue Airways | 480 | 70.5% | 3.3% | 84 min |
| NK | 252 | 62.6% | 7.9% | 85 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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UA2679
23% late · 364 flights
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UA2238
31% late · 363 flights
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UA2434
21% late · 361 flights
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UA2641
30% late · 360 flights
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UA2191
26% late · 340 flights
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AS287
27% late · 325 flights
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UA2692
34% late · 310 flights
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UA353
34% late · 273 flights
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UA712
45% late · 241 flights
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UA2445
24% late · 234 flights
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UA1321
24% late · 228 flights
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B61573
25% late · 207 flights
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B61873
31% late · 152 flights
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AS289
33% late · 128 flights
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B62073
35% late · 121 flights
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NK1670
33% late · 97 flights
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UA212
23% late · 68 flights
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UA1578
22% late · 55 flights
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UA1244
24% late · 37 flights
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AS285
20% late · 36 flights
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UA2240
25% late · 36 flights
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UA432
29% late · 35 flights
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NK605
34% late · 34 flights
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UA2403
15% late · 34 flights
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