DTW to EWR flight delays
Detroit, MI (DTW) Newark, NJ (EWR) · 488 miles
280 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
79.48%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.29%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
101 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
21 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 4.29% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 101 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
This is a thin route — 280 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
The 2 airlines here are separated by under 2 points — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on DTW to EWR. Republic Airways was late most often.
Every airline on DTW to EWR
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 149 | 78.87% | 4.7% | 101 min | C |
| Delta Air Lines | 131 | 80.16% | 3.82% | 101 min | C |
The return leg
EWR to DTW Newark back to Detroit 78.6% on time COther routes from Detroit
Common questions
Are flights from Detroit to Newark usually delayed?
79.48% of flights on the DTW to EWR route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Detroit to Newark?
Delta Air Lines, at 80.16% on time across 131 flights. The least punctual on the route was Republic Airways at 78.87%.
How often are DTW to EWR flights cancelled?
4.29% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 43 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When DTW to EWR flights are late, how late are they?
About 101 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DTW to EWR during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →