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Route Reliability

Grand Rapids → Newark

GRREWR · 605 miles · Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
3.6%
Cancelled
813
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines79% on time · 792 flights
  • Allegiant Air67% on time · 21 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

GRR–EWR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 68% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

GRR–EWR flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 75%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.6% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

GRR–EWR flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% 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
  • Mon80%(106 flights)
  • Tue82%(108 flights)
  • Wed80%(111 flights)
  • Thu78%(118 flights)
  • Fri83%(111 flights)
  • Sat75%(109 flights)
  • Sun75%(117 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(352 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM68%(25 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(307 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(77 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(19 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 84% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%67
July 202573%70
August 202580%65
September 202587%82
October 202573%82
November 202577%57
December 202564%59
January 202675%57
February 202680%50
March 202678%59
April 202683%60
May 202692%72

Based on 813 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.