How punctual is Newark Liberty International Airport?
Based on 9 days of actual departures against their scheduled times.
46%
Left within 15 minutes
32
Average delay (minutes)
Best and worst hours to fly out
Flights scheduled in the early hours leave close to time. Delay builds up through the day as aircraft fall behind, then resets overnight.
Leaves closest to schedule
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 14:00 AM8 min
- 2midday14 min
- 35:00 AM17 min
- 411:00 AM18 min
- 510:00 AM20 min
Runs latest
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 18:00 PM52 min
- 27:00 PM49 min
- 34:00 PM47 min
- 410:00 PM47 min
- 59:00 PM45 min
Airlines
Most flights
By number of departures
- 1United2,676
- 2Delta186
- 3American Airlines147
- 4JetBlue103
- 5Air Canada95
Most punctual
Lowest average delay
- 1Spirit0 min
- 2PD0 min
- 3G48 min
- 4B016 min
- 55X19 min
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 1Lufthansa68 min
- 21I62 min
- 3Turkish Airlines56 min
- 4British Airways54 min
- 5DM48 min
Destinations
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 1Croatia77 min
- 2South Africa73 min
- 3Germany67 min
- 4Netherlands62 min
- 5Peru56 min
Departures by hour
The heaviest hour is 5:00 PM, with 301 departures over the period. Bar height is how many flights leave; colour is how late they run.
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Day by day
Each bar is one day. Height is the number of departures; colour is the average delay that day.
17/8
21/8
25/8
Under 15 min
15–30 min
30–45 min
45–70 min
Over 70 min
By day of week
1
Tuesday
1101 departures · 19 min average delay
2
Friday
615 departures · 33 min average delay
3
Thursday
614 departures · 58 min average delay
4
Monday
605 departures · 28 min average delay
5
Sunday
562 departures · 34 min average delay
6
Saturday
504 departures · 32 min average delay
7
Wednesday
7 departures · 51 min average delay
Measured
Unlike the crowding estimate, these are real recorded departure times, not a model.