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Route Reliability

Newark → Denver

EWRDEN · 1,605 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Denver International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
3,299
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 3,299 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

EWR–DEN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 68% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Monday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 82% on time on Mondays against 76% on Thursdays.

Trending in the right direction.

EWR–DEN flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon82%(458 flights)
  • Tue81%(463 flights)
  • Wed80%(462 flights)
  • Thu76%(463 flights)
  • Fri77%(470 flights)
  • Sat78%(460 flights)
  • Sun77%(465 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(786 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(531 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(555 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(697 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(485 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM68%(185 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 72% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%230
July 202568%291
August 202578%306
September 202586%294
October 202572%299
November 202578%265
December 202573%278
January 202674%243
February 202684%207
March 202683%271
April 202689%270
May 202689%287

Based on 3,299 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.