EWR → LAX United Airlines

United Airlines · Newark, NJ to Los Angeles, CA · 3,540 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 37 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -3 min, while the worst 10% run +71 min or later.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+71 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is United Airlines from EWR to LAX?

Across every United Airlines flight number on EWR → LAX (3,540 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +71 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,53173%
16-30 min2768%
31-60 min2557%
61-120 min2196%
2+ hrs1855%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0728963%+44 min
2025-0829483%+8 min
2025-0929275%+14 min
2025-1030769%+14 min
2025-1132268%+13 min
2025-1230867%+21 min
2026-0123759%+23 min
2026-0222475%+10 min
2026-0329882%+2 min
2026-0429782%+6 min
2026-0530784%+3 min
2026-0629168%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon50578%
Tue49574%
Wed49675%
Thu50572%
Fri51175%
Sat46472%
Sun49065%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…