Skip to content
WanderNerd

Route Reliability

Newark → ILM

EWRILM · 488 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to ILM Airport

55
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
5.5%
Cancelled
707
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 707 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

EWR–ILM flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 49% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

EWR–ILM flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 67%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

EWR–ILM flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% 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
  • Mon76%(94 flights)
  • Tue73%(99 flights)
  • Wed73%(97 flights)
  • Thu67%(94 flights)
  • Fri70%(101 flights)
  • Sat79%(91 flights)
  • Sun72%(92 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(23 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(328 flights)
  • 6–9 PM49%(63 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM72%(254 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 64% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%42
July 202556%54
August 202566%61
September 202571%58
October 202562%61
November 202575%52
December 202571%56
January 202668%56
February 202682%49
March 202674%58
April 202688%60
May 202693%61

Based on 707 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.