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EWR → ORD

Newark Liberty International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
70.7%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
3.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
89 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
6,123
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Air traffic control & airport 41%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 33%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 19%
  • Extreme weather 7%
  • 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 80.5% 474
October 2025 60.2% 502
November 2025 64.7% 521
December 2025 67.9% 511
January 2026 73.2% 479
February 2026 78.2% 439
March 2026 65.6% 510
April 2026 78.1% 532
May 2026 79.9% 552
June 2026 73.0% 528
July 2026 67.0% 525
August 2026 61.5% 550

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
United Airlines 4,415 70.3% 2.8% 84 min
American Airlines 924 76.8% 4.8% 118 min
Envoy Air 533 72.2% 6.2% 87 min
NK 149 51.6% 16.8% 106 min
Republic Airways 102 52.8% 11.8% 85 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA661

    52% late · 346 flights

  • UA1525

    23% late · 340 flights

  • UA1875

    22% late · 330 flights

  • UA546

    33% late · 329 flights

  • UA254

    56% late · 306 flights

  • AA1936

    31% late · 242 flights

  • UA2053

    25% late · 241 flights

  • UA2164

    15% late · 208 flights

  • UA2290

    18% late · 176 flights

  • UA2100

    16% late · 162 flights

  • MQ3848

    26% late · 151 flights

  • MQ3355

    29% late · 119 flights

  • UA2488

    16% late · 103 flights

  • UA2788

    54% late · 103 flights

  • UA533

    23% late · 100 flights

  • UA530

    10% late · 98 flights

  • NK108

    50% late · 96 flights

  • AA3027

    12% late · 89 flights

  • UA1206

    29% late · 83 flights

  • UA1965

    41% late · 83 flights

  • UA2009

    36% late · 81 flights

  • AA2250

    45% late · 76 flights

  • AA3170

    17% late · 76 flights

  • AA3185

    14% late · 76 flights

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