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Route Reliability

Newark → Los Angeles

EWR–LAX · 2,454 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
2.4%
Cancelled
5,003
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines75%583 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines73%3,530 flights
  3. 3.JetBlue Airways71%543 flights
  4. 4.Spirit Airlines69%347 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

EWR–LAX flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 66% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

EWR–LAX flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 68%.

Alaska Airlines has a slight edge here.

Alaska Airlines arrived on time 75% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 69%.

Trending in the right direction.

EWR–LAX flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(713 flights)
  • Tue74%(685 flights)
  • Wed76%(692 flights)
  • Thu73%(709 flights)
  • Fri73%(717 flights)
  • Sat71%(660 flights)
  • Sun68%(698 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM77%(1027 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(1025 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(612 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(779 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(1331 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM66%(100 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 70% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%450
July 202564%462
August 202583%469
September 202577%461
October 202566%475
November 202568%459
December 202566%465
January 202662%315
February 202675%272
March 202680%356
April 202682%351
May 202685%339

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 5,003 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.