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Route Reliability

ACK → Newark

ACKEWR · 218 miles · ACK Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

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Bring Snacks
WanderNerd Reliability Score
61%
Arrive within 15 minutes
41 min
Average arrival delay
5.5%
Cancelled
200
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 61% of the time across 200 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

ACK–EWR flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 57% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

ACK–EWR flights arrived on time 70% of the time on Wednesdays and just 50% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon63%(24 flights)
  • Tue63%(27 flights)
  • Wed70%(27 flights)
  • Thu52%(27 flights)
  • Fri60%(30 flights)
  • Sat50%(26 flights)
  • Sun68%(28 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(2 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM57%(94 flights)
  • 3–6 PM60%(80 flights)
  • 6–9 PM85%(13 flights)
On-time trend by month
95%
May

Jul 40% → May 95% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
July 202540%55
August 202561%61
September 202577%44
May 202695%20

Based on 200 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.