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Route Reliability

Milwaukee → Newark

MKEEWR · 725 miles · Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
5.1%
Cancelled
818
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 818 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MKE–EWR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MKE–EWR flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 72%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

MKE–EWR flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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%(115 flights)
  • Tue80%(116 flights)
  • Wed83%(119 flights)
  • Thu72%(112 flights)
  • Fri78%(118 flights)
  • Sat80%(81 flights)
  • Sun72%(112 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(149 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(318 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(115 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(191 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 77% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%53
July 202566%77
August 202569%88
September 202578%80
October 202576%82
November 202575%48
December 202569%58
January 202676%58
February 202690%49
March 202679%53
April 202695%59
May 202694%68

Based on 818 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.