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Route Reliability

St. Louis → Newark

STLEWR · 872 miles · St. Louis Lambert International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
4.8%
Cancelled
1,061
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 1,061 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

STL–EWR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 59% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 84% on time on Wednesdays against 78% on Sundays.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

STL–EWR flights arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% 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
  • Mon82%(142 flights)
  • Tue82%(147 flights)
  • Wed84%(151 flights)
  • Thu81%(145 flights)
  • Fri84%(149 flights)
  • Sat82%(130 flights)
  • Sun78%(144 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(368 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(311 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(35 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(277 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(17 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 82% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%71
July 202576%80
August 202579%91
September 202585%103
October 202560%91
November 202575%79
December 202573%75
January 202690%79
February 202690%76
March 202685%88
April 202692%85
May 202694%90

Based on 1,061 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.