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Route Reliability

Chicago → Newark

MDW–EWR · 711 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
66%
Arrive within 15 minutes
24 min
Average arrival delay
5.6%
Cancelled
71
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Frontier Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 66% of the time across 71 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MDW–EWR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 20% between 3–6 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 63% on time on Tuesdays against 58% on Sundays.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon—(3 flights)
  • Tue63%(19 flights)
  • Wed—(2 flights)
  • Thu61%(18 flights)
  • Fri—(3 flights)
  • Sat—(3 flights)
  • Sun58%(19 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM80%(46 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(2 flights)
  • 3–6 PM20%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(9 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
Apr

Oct 20% → Apr 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202520%10
November 202550%10
December 202554%13
March 202691%11
April 202693%14

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 71 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.