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Route Reliability

CHA → Newark

CHAEWR · 718 miles · CHA Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

58
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
4.2%
Cancelled
166
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines79% on time · 108 flights
  • Spirit Airlines66% on time · 58 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

CHA–EWR flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 71% between 3–6 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

CHA–EWR flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Thursdays and just 66% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(33 flights)
  • Tue(2 flights)
  • Wed66%(29 flights)
  • Thu81%(21 flights)
  • Fri78%(37 flights)
  • Sat67%(15 flights)
  • Sun79%(19 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM(3 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(83 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(59 flights)
  • 6–9 PM100%(11 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 73% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%15
July 202559%17
August 202553%15
January 202680%15
February 202690%19
March 202670%23
April 202670%20
May 202688%24

Based on 166 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.