Route Reliability
Newark → CHA
EWR–CHA · 718 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to CHA Airport
- 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
- Mon80%(35 flights)
- Tue—(2 flights)
- Wed90%(31 flights)
- Thu80%(20 flights)
- Fri87%(37 flights)
- Sat73%(15 flights)
- Sun74%(19 flights)
- 6–9 AM—(3 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM81%(82 flights)
- 12–3 PM85%(67 flights)
- 3–6 PM—(7 flights)
Jun 88% → May 88% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 88% | 16 |
| July 2025 | 100% | 17 |
| August 2025 | 80% | 15 |
| January 2026 | 80% | 15 |
| February 2026 | 68% | 19 |
| March 2026 | 68% | 22 |
| April 2026 | 86% | 22 |
| May 2026 | 88% | 25 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
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.