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Route Reliability

ILM → Newark

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

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
5.2%
Cancelled
706
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 706 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ILM–EWR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 59% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ILM–EWR flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 73%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

ILM–EWR flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% 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
  • Mon81%(94 flights)
  • Tue77%(97 flights)
  • Wed79%(97 flights)
  • Thu78%(96 flights)
  • Fri73%(99 flights)
  • Sat81%(90 flights)
  • Sun75%(93 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(335 flights)
  • 12–3 PM59%(106 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(221 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
98%
May

Jun 73% → May 98% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%40
July 202555%55
August 202575%60
September 202581%59
October 202574%61
November 202585%54
December 202575%55
January 202681%57
February 202673%48
March 202676%58
April 202685%59
May 202698%60

Based on 706 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.