Airport Chaos
EWR · Newark
Newark Liberty International Airport
FAA status updated just now
Right now
FAA
Ground delay program
The FAA is metering arrivals into EWR by assigning inbound flights a departure delay before they leave. That assigned delay is not the same thing as how late flights end up running.
- Average assigned delay
- 3 hr
- Maximum assigned delay
- 7 hr 55 min
- FAA reason
- other
Weather
Good flying weather
Ceiling 12,000 ft
VFR — clear enough to fly visually
Observed 11 min ago at 7:51 PM ET
Later today
No major FAA traffic programs are currently planned for EWR, as of the latest FAA Operations Plan. That is a plan, not a promise.
What this means
The FAA is holding inbound flights on the ground with an average assigned delay of 3 hr. EWR is having a day.
Individual flights can still be delayed or cancelled when the airport looks fine. Check your airline for your actual flight.
This page refreshes itself about once a minute from WanderNerd's cached copy of the FAA feed, never from the FAA directly.
Usually at this time
77%
of EWR departures left on time on a typical Monday, across 18,778 flights. Monday evening is one of EWR's rougher stretches historically.
Historical departure punctuality from U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. This is a separate measurement from anything above: the FAA's delay figures describe traffic-management actions taken today, and averaging the two together would produce a number that means nothing. A ground stop is still a ground stop on an airport's best weekday.
Flying out soon?
Sources
- FAA National Airspace System Status — last live update 8:01 PM ET
- FAA Operations Plan advisory — issued 7:35 PM ET
- NOAA Aviation Weather Center — observed 7:51 PM ET at KEWR
- Historical performance: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Each source has its own clock; they do not share a timestamp. How the status is calculated.