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Route Reliability

Newark → Salt Lake City

EWR–SLC · 1,969 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
1,313
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines80%591 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines76%722 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

EWR–SLC flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 80% on time on Tuesdays against 75% on Saturdays.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 76%.

Trending in the right direction.

EWR–SLC flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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
  • Mon79%(178 flights)
  • Tue80%(181 flights)
  • Wed79%(184 flights)
  • Thu76%(187 flights)
  • Fri77%(188 flights)
  • Sat75%(177 flights)
  • Sun76%(186 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(538 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(120 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(147 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(476 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 69% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%89
July 202568%87
August 202587%92
September 202591%90
October 202570%91
November 202566%87
December 202567%101
January 202679%136
February 202679%129
March 202673%165
April 202688%113
May 202691%101

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Based on 1,313 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.