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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Newark

SLCEWR · 1,969 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
1,312
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines82%722 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines78%590 flights

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

SLC–EWR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 74% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

SLC–EWR flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays and just 72% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; United Airlines managed 78%.

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
  • Mon79%(172 flights)
  • Tue89%(183 flights)
  • Wed84%(180 flights)
  • Thu72%(186 flights)
  • Fri82%(185 flights)
  • Sat76%(180 flights)
  • Sun79%(182 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM79%(178 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(78 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(472 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(128 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(166 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM89%(246 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 72% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%88
July 202571%82
August 202574%91
September 202582%90
October 202567%92
November 202582%87
December 202578%102
January 202684%135
February 202686%129
March 202684%160
April 202683%112
May 202690%100

Based on 1,312 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.