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EWR Airport Status

Newark Liberty Intl. · local time

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Live · updated 6:26 PM local time

Departures

Normal operations

Flights are departing on time.

Arrivals

Minor disruptions

Flights are landing 50m late on average due to air traffic control staffing.

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Visual conditions: Good visibility, so planes can land closer together and the airport can take more flights an hour.

Stats at EWR

Departures
382Takeoffs · 72% on time
7Cancellations
21 minAverage taxi to takeoff
Arrivals
383Landings · 66% on time
15Cancellations
0Diversions
8 minAverage taxi to gate
Departures
36Takeoffs · 64% on time
1Cancellation
23 minAverage taxi to takeoff
Arrivals
35Landings · 54% on time
1Cancellation
0Diversions
8 minAverage taxi to gate

Average delay, hour by hour

Takeoffs
  1. 6 AM: 7m late on average
  2. 7 AM: 9m late on average
  3. 8 AM: 3m late on average
  4. 9 AM: 17m late on average
  5. 10 AM: 18m late on average
  6. 11 AM: 32m late on average
  7. 12 PM: 19m late on average
  8. 1 PM: 15m late on average
  9. 2 PM: 15m late on average
  10. 3 PM: 25m late on average
  11. 4 PM: 10m late on average
  12. 5 PM: 12m late on average
  13. This hour: 13m late on average
Landings
  1. 6 AM: 12m late on average
  2. 7 AM: 9m late on average
  3. 8 AM: 19m late on average
  4. 9 AM: 6m late on average
  5. 10 AM: 10m late on average
  6. 11 AM: 1m late on average
  7. 12 PM: 9m late on average
  8. 1 PM: 19m late on average
  9. 2 PM: 29m late on average
  10. 3 PM: 6m late on average
  11. 4 PM: 17m late on average
  12. 5 PM: 29m late on average
  13. This hour: 1h 5m late on average

Under 15 min 15–30 30–60 60+

Weather at EWR

Weather

59°F15°C

Partly cloudy skies and a light breeze.

Skies are mostly clear with a few scattered clouds. A light breeze is blowing from the north at 9 mph.

Next few hours: Conditions are quiet for now.

Wind 9 mph Visibility 10 mi VFR

Security wait times at EWR

Between 5 AM and 10 PM, the security wait at EWR can reach 31 minutes at its busiest, on Thursdays around 3 PM, and stays within 12 minutes at the quietest hour.

TSA wait this hour
Up to 18 min Friday, 6:26 PM local time
Live wait right now
3–45 min Across 5 checkpoints · TSA PreCheck 1–4 min
Best times to go through security at EWRLive waits at each checkpoint, waits by day and hour, and how early to get to EWR

Customs wait times at EWR

For international arrivals at EWR, customs lines for visitors are usually longest around 10 AM, and shortest around 12 PM.

US citizens, typical right now 9 min Friday, 6:26 PM local time
Visitors, typical right now 21 min Friday, 6:26 PM local time

Typical wait by day and hour

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SunSunday, 4 AM: about 18 minSunday, 5 AM: about 32 minSunday, 6 AM: about 17 minSunday, 7 AM: about 19 minSunday, 8 AM: about 14 minSunday, 9 AM: about 19 minSunday, 10 AM: about 32 minSunday, 11 AM: about 11 minSunday, 12 PM: about 11 minSunday, 1 PM: about 14 minSunday, 2 PM: about 15 minSunday, 3 PM: about 12 minSunday, 4 PM: about 13 minSunday, 5 PM: about 13 minSunday, 6 PM: about 11 minSunday, 7 PM: about 10 minSunday, 8 PM: about 13 minSunday, 9 PM: about 23 minSunday, 10 PM: about 22 minSunday, 11 PM: about 18 min
MonMonday, 4 AM: about 20 minMonday, 5 AM: about 24 minMonday, 6 AM: about 13 minMonday, 7 AM: about 7 minMonday, 8 AM: about 15 minMonday, 9 AM: about 30 minMonday, 10 AM: about 34 minMonday, 11 AM: about 13 minMonday, 12 PM: about 10 minMonday, 1 PM: about 16 minMonday, 2 PM: about 18 minMonday, 3 PM: about 17 minMonday, 4 PM: about 12 minMonday, 5 PM: about 13 minMonday, 6 PM: about 16 minMonday, 7 PM: about 11 minMonday, 8 PM: about 13 minMonday, 9 PM: about 26 minMonday, 10 PM: about 23 minMonday, 11 PM: about 16 min
TueTuesday, 4 AM: about 30 minTuesday, 5 AM: about 25 minTuesday, 6 AM: about 16 minTuesday, 7 AM: about 18 minTuesday, 8 AM: about 21 minTuesday, 9 AM: about 23 minTuesday, 10 AM: about 43 minTuesday, 11 AM: about 19 minTuesday, 12 PM: about 11 minTuesday, 1 PM: about 18 minTuesday, 2 PM: about 18 minTuesday, 3 PM: about 14 minTuesday, 4 PM: about 17 minTuesday, 5 PM: about 17 minTuesday, 6 PM: about 14 minTuesday, 7 PM: about 18 minTuesday, 8 PM: about 20 minTuesday, 9 PM: about 30 minTuesday, 10 PM: about 33 minTuesday, 11 PM: about 11 min
WedWednesday, 4 AM: about 14 minWednesday, 5 AM: about 21 minWednesday, 6 AM: about 17 minWednesday, 7 AM: about 21 minWednesday, 8 AM: about 28 minWednesday, 9 AM: about 29 minWednesday, 10 AM: about 51 minWednesday, 11 AM: about 29 minWednesday, 12 PM: about 20 minWednesday, 1 PM: about 21 minWednesday, 2 PM: about 28 minWednesday, 3 PM: about 23 minWednesday, 4 PM: about 18 minWednesday, 5 PM: about 15 minWednesday, 6 PM: about 13 minWednesday, 7 PM: about 14 minWednesday, 8 PM: about 22 minWednesday, 9 PM: about 31 minWednesday, 10 PM: about 30 minWednesday, 11 PM: about 14 min
ThuThursday, 4 AM: about 18 minThursday, 5 AM: about 25 minThursday, 6 AM: about 25 minThursday, 7 AM: about 14 minThursday, 8 AM: about 22 minThursday, 9 AM: about 46 minThursday, 10 AM: about 56 minThursday, 11 AM: about 42 minThursday, 12 PM: about 20 minThursday, 1 PM: about 35 minThursday, 2 PM: about 43 minThursday, 3 PM: about 34 minThursday, 4 PM: about 31 minThursday, 5 PM: about 25 minThursday, 6 PM: about 22 minThursday, 7 PM: about 24 minThursday, 8 PM: about 25 minThursday, 9 PM: about 56 minThursday, 10 PM: about 49 minThursday, 11 PM: about 39 min
FriFriday, 4 AM: about 23 minFriday, 5 AM: about 32 minFriday, 6 AM: about 35 minFriday, 7 AM: about 21 minFriday, 8 AM: about 20 minFriday, 9 AM: about 29 minFriday, 10 AM: about 45 minFriday, 11 AM: about 21 minFriday, 12 PM: about 13 minFriday, 1 PM: about 24 minFriday, 2 PM: about 22 minFriday, 3 PM: about 15 minFriday, 4 PM: about 16 minFriday, 5 PM: about 21 minFriday, 6 PM: about 21 minFriday, 7 PM: about 15 minFriday, 8 PM: about 17 minFriday, 9 PM: about 46 minFriday, 10 PM: about 40 minFriday, 11 PM: about 23 min
SatSaturday, 4 AM: about 15 minSaturday, 5 AM: about 21 minSaturday, 6 AM: about 14 minSaturday, 7 AM: about 16 minSaturday, 8 AM: about 13 minSaturday, 9 AM: about 22 minSaturday, 10 AM: about 25 minSaturday, 11 AM: about 17 minSaturday, 12 PM: about 16 minSaturday, 1 PM: about 25 minSaturday, 2 PM: about 25 minSaturday, 3 PM: about 23 minSaturday, 4 PM: about 19 minSaturday, 5 PM: about 21 minSaturday, 6 PM: about 21 minSaturday, 7 PM: about 15 minSaturday, 8 PM: about 13 minSaturday, 9 PM: about 31 minSaturday, 10 PM: about 29 minSaturday, 11 PM: about 21 min

Under 15 min 15–30 30–45 45+

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SunSunday, 4 AM: about 12 minSunday, 5 AM: about 22 minSunday, 6 AM: about 9 minSunday, 7 AM: about 10 minSunday, 8 AM: about 8 minSunday, 9 AM: about 16 minSunday, 10 AM: about 17 minSunday, 11 AM: about 9 minSunday, 12 PM: about 8 minSunday, 1 PM: about 10 minSunday, 2 PM: about 11 minSunday, 3 PM: about 8 minSunday, 4 PM: about 9 minSunday, 5 PM: about 11 minSunday, 6 PM: about 9 minSunday, 7 PM: about 9 minSunday, 8 PM: about 12 minSunday, 9 PM: about 18 minSunday, 10 PM: about 15 minSunday, 11 PM: about 17 min
MonMonday, 4 AM: about 14 minMonday, 5 AM: about 15 minMonday, 6 AM: about 10 minMonday, 7 AM: about 6 minMonday, 8 AM: about 10 minMonday, 9 AM: about 19 minMonday, 10 AM: about 19 minMonday, 11 AM: about 10 minMonday, 12 PM: about 8 minMonday, 1 PM: about 10 minMonday, 2 PM: about 9 minMonday, 3 PM: about 10 minMonday, 4 PM: about 8 minMonday, 5 PM: about 10 minMonday, 6 PM: about 8 minMonday, 7 PM: about 8 minMonday, 8 PM: about 12 minMonday, 9 PM: about 19 minMonday, 10 PM: about 16 minMonday, 11 PM: about 13 min
TueTuesday, 4 AM: about 12 minTuesday, 5 AM: about 19 minTuesday, 6 AM: about 11 minTuesday, 7 AM: about 8 minTuesday, 8 AM: about 15 minTuesday, 9 AM: about 19 minTuesday, 10 AM: about 28 minTuesday, 11 AM: about 17 minTuesday, 12 PM: about 9 minTuesday, 1 PM: about 9 minTuesday, 2 PM: about 14 minTuesday, 3 PM: about 11 minTuesday, 4 PM: about 10 minTuesday, 5 PM: about 13 minTuesday, 6 PM: about 10 minTuesday, 7 PM: about 13 minTuesday, 8 PM: about 17 minTuesday, 9 PM: about 20 minTuesday, 10 PM: about 15 minTuesday, 11 PM: about 11 min
WedWednesday, 4 AM: about 14 minWednesday, 5 AM: about 13 minWednesday, 6 AM: about 12 minWednesday, 7 AM: about 12 minWednesday, 8 AM: about 12 minWednesday, 9 AM: about 20 minWednesday, 10 AM: about 35 minWednesday, 11 AM: about 18 minWednesday, 12 PM: about 14 minWednesday, 1 PM: about 12 minWednesday, 2 PM: about 12 minWednesday, 3 PM: about 12 minWednesday, 4 PM: about 10 minWednesday, 5 PM: about 10 minWednesday, 6 PM: about 7 minWednesday, 7 PM: about 10 minWednesday, 8 PM: about 16 minWednesday, 9 PM: about 18 minWednesday, 10 PM: about 14 minWednesday, 11 PM: about 10 min
ThuThursday, 4 AM: about 14 minThursday, 5 AM: about 12 minThursday, 6 AM: about 18 minThursday, 7 AM: about 7 minThursday, 8 AM: about 12 minThursday, 9 AM: about 26 minThursday, 10 AM: about 22 minThursday, 11 AM: about 20 minThursday, 12 PM: about 11 minThursday, 1 PM: about 14 minThursday, 2 PM: about 14 minThursday, 3 PM: about 13 minThursday, 4 PM: about 11 minThursday, 5 PM: about 11 minThursday, 6 PM: about 15 minThursday, 7 PM: about 15 minThursday, 8 PM: about 21 minThursday, 9 PM: about 29 minThursday, 10 PM: about 26 minThursday, 11 PM: about 24 min
FriFriday, 4 AM: about 12 minFriday, 5 AM: about 14 minFriday, 6 AM: about 11 minFriday, 7 AM: about 9 minFriday, 8 AM: about 14 minFriday, 9 AM: about 20 minFriday, 10 AM: about 18 minFriday, 11 AM: about 9 minFriday, 12 PM: about 10 minFriday, 1 PM: about 10 minFriday, 2 PM: about 12 minFriday, 3 PM: about 9 minFriday, 4 PM: about 7 minFriday, 5 PM: about 10 minFriday, 6 PM: about 9 minFriday, 7 PM: about 13 minFriday, 8 PM: about 12 minFriday, 9 PM: about 15 minFriday, 10 PM: about 16 minFriday, 11 PM: about 13 min
SatSaturday, 4 AM: about 9 minSaturday, 5 AM: about 11 minSaturday, 6 AM: about 8 minSaturday, 7 AM: about 8 minSaturday, 8 AM: about 8 minSaturday, 9 AM: about 17 minSaturday, 10 AM: about 18 minSaturday, 11 AM: about 10 minSaturday, 12 PM: about 10 minSaturday, 1 PM: about 10 minSaturday, 2 PM: about 10 minSaturday, 3 PM: about 11 minSaturday, 4 PM: about 11 minSaturday, 5 PM: about 11 minSaturday, 6 PM: about 10 minSaturday, 7 PM: about 11 minSaturday, 8 PM: about 10 minSaturday, 9 PM: about 16 minSaturday, 10 PM: about 14 minSaturday, 11 PM: about 16 min

Under 15 min 15–30 30–45 45+

Based on official CBP wait time averages, in local time.

About Newark Liberty Intl.

IATA code
EWR
ICAO code
KEWR
Location
Newark, NJ · United States
Elevation
18 ft (5 m)
Time zone
America/New York (EDT)
Coordinates
40.6891, -74.1788

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EWR questions, answered.

Are flights delayed at EWR right now?

As of 6:26 PM local time, departures are operating normally: flights are departing on time. Arrivals have minor disruptions: flights are landing 50m late on average due to air traffic control staffing.

How long is the security line at EWR?

Between 5 AM and 10 PM, the security wait at EWR can reach 31 minutes at its busiest, on Thursdays around 3 PM, and stays within 12 minutes at the quietest hour. See the best times to go through security at EWR.

How long does customs take at EWR?

At EWR, typical customs waits for visitors range from about 7 to 56 minutes, longest around 10 AM. For US citizens, they range from about 6 to 35 minutes, longest around 10 AM. Based on official CBP averages.

How long does it take to get from the gate to the runway at EWR?

Today, departing flights at EWR have taken an average of 21 minutes from leaving the gate to takeoff, and arriving flights 8 minutes from landing to the gate.

What is the airport code for Newark Liberty Intl.?

Newark Liberty Intl. uses the IATA code EWR, the one on tickets and bag tags, and the ICAO code KEWR, which pilots and air traffic control use.

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