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PHX to EWR flight delays

Phoenix, AZ (PHX) Newark, NJ (EWR) · 2,133 miles

200 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics

79%

Arrived on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0%

Cancelled

Share of scheduled flights

67 min

When late, late by

Average across delayed arrivals

15 min

Delay per flight

Averaged over every flight flown

What the record says about this route

This route does better than its own airport. Departures from PHX overall run 9.4 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion PHX has, this route is largely escaping it.

Only United Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.

This is a thin route — 200 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 Phoenix to Newark route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.

Which airline should you fly on this route?

Over March 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on PHX to EWR.

Every airline on PHX 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
United Airlines 116 87.93% 0% 69 min A
American Airlines 84 66.67% 0% 65 min

What these figures do and do not tell you

Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on PHX 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 →