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Route Reliability

Newark → Madison

EWR–MSN · 799 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
4.8%
Cancelled
375
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 74% of the time across 375 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

EWR–MSN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 66% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

EWR–MSN flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Mondays and just 64% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

EWR–MSN flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon82%(49 flights)
  • Tue80%(50 flights)
  • Wed69%(49 flights)
  • Thu73%(52 flights)
  • Fri77%(52 flights)
  • Sat76%(54 flights)
  • Sun64%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(10 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(57 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(151 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM66%(137 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 79% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%28
July 202556%25
August 202583%30
September 202572%29
October 202571%31
November 202550%30
December 202561%31
January 202672%29
February 202689%26
March 202683%29
April 202689%28
May 202685%40

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 375 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.