Flights Cincinnati → Newark
CVG → EWR
Route overview
The flight route from Cincinnati to Newark has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay of 9.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 534 flights on this route, serving the busy Newark Liberty International Airport, which opened in 2001 and handles approximately 43,402,059 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Cincinnati (CVG) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 710 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.80%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cincinnati (CVG) to Newark (EWR) heads east for about 914 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 34m.
Departures from Cincinnati on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of CVG-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 710 tracked CVG-EWR flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 3.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about CVG-EWR
On the Cincinnati (CVG) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 710 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cincinnati-Newark is 3.80% across 710 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
