Route
LAX → EWR
Los Angeles International Airport Newark Liberty International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 79.1%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 2.1%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 79 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 4,748
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Air traffic control & airport 36%
- Late-arriving aircraft 32%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 31%
- Extreme weather 1%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 86.1% | 467 |
| October 2025 | 81.1% | 481 |
| November 2025 | 76.6% | 468 |
| December 2025 | 74.7% | 475 |
| January 2026 | 75.4% | 325 |
| February 2026 | 80.4% | 302 |
| March 2026 | 70.2% | 368 |
| April 2026 | 88.3% | 354 |
| May 2026 | 90.2% | 339 |
| June 2026 | 83.1% | 381 |
| July 2026 | 71.6% | 403 |
| August 2026 | 72.1% | 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 | 3,526 | 77.7% | 1.8% | 81 min |
| Alaska Airlines | 490 | 91.6% | 1.6% | 64 min |
| JetBlue Airways | 480 | 78.4% | 3.5% | 83 min |
| NK | 252 | 75.1% | 5.2% | 56 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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UA2096
20% late · 365 flights
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UA2127
27% late · 365 flights
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UA2303
24% late · 365 flights
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UA2743
7% late · 363 flights
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UA2397
12% late · 362 flights
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UA1855
38% late · 340 flights
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UA1981
32% late · 327 flights
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UA1700
18% late · 263 flights
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B61574
16% late · 206 flights
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AS284
7% late · 201 flights
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B61874
34% late · 191 flights
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UA1939
23% late · 171 flights
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UA1403
12% late · 100 flights
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NK1693
40% late · 97 flights
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AS286
11% late · 92 flights
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UA2359
1% late · 84 flights
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B62074
6% late · 83 flights
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UA2227
31% late · 82 flights
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AS288
11% late · 72 flights
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AS233
10% late · 70 flights
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UA1950
38% late · 68 flights
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UA247
39% late · 56 flights
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AS282
4% late · 55 flights
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NK262
11% late · 55 flights
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