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Route Reliability

Newark → Austin

EWR–AUS · 1,504 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
2.4%
Cancelled
2,091
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines80%1,715 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines72%376 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

EWR–AUS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 52% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

EWR–AUS flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays and just 69% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 72%.

Ticking up lately.

EWR–AUS flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(303 flights)
  • Tue87%(297 flights)
  • Wed80%(294 flights)
  • Thu75%(311 flights)
  • Fri82%(307 flights)
  • Sat77%(219 flights)
  • Sun69%(304 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(9 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(439 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(371 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(301 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(410 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(461 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM52%(44 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 74% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%129
July 202566%171
August 202582%157
September 202587%158
October 202576%184
November 202574%197
December 202570%209
January 202681%167
February 202686%137
March 202684%200
April 202684%182
May 202685%144

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Based on 2,091 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.