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Route Reliability

Newark → CHA

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

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
3.6%
Cancelled
165
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines79% on time · 108 flights
  • Spirit Airlines89% on time · 57 flights

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

What the data says

12–3 PM has a slight edge.

Departures between 12–3 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, against 81% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

EWR–CHA flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Wednesdays and just 73% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.6% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

EWR–CHA flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(35 flights)
  • Tue(2 flights)
  • Wed90%(31 flights)
  • Thu80%(20 flights)
  • Fri87%(37 flights)
  • Sat73%(15 flights)
  • Sun74%(19 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(3 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(82 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(67 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(7 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 88% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%16
July 2025100%17
August 202580%15
January 202680%15
February 202668%19
March 202668%22
April 202686%22
May 202688%25

Based on 165 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.