Flights Ithaca → Newark
ITH → EWR
Route overview
The flight route connects Ithaca to Newark, operating with De Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 and DHC-8-300 Dash 8 aircraft. The destination airport in Newark, which opened in 2001, serves over 43 million 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 Ithaca (ITH) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 61 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.56%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 10.3/100 (low), 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 Ithaca the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes.
Heading to Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Ithaca (ITH) to Newark (EWR) heads south-east for about 276 km, a flight time of roughly 46m.
Departures from Ithaca on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 51% of ITH-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Ithaca the average ATFM delay is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 61 tracked ITH-EWR flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 6.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ITH-EWR
On the Ithaca (ITH) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 61 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Ithaca-Newark is 6.56% across 61 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
