Flights Liberia → Newark
LIR → EWR
Route overview
This flight route operates between Liberia and Newark, utilizing a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. With an average delay of 10.4 minutes per flight and 75% of flights arriving on time, the service maintains moderate punctuality. The destination airport, which opened in 2001, handles over 43 million passengers annually, indicating high traffic volume.
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 Liberia (LIR) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 13 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.2/100 (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 Liberia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Liberia (LIR) to Newark (EWR) heads north for about 3,528 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 50m.
Departures from Liberia on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of LIR-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Liberia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 13 tracked LIR-EWR flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
Airlines operating LIR-EWR
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Frequently asked questions about LIR-EWR
On the Liberia (LIR) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 13 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Liberia-Newark is 0.00% across 13 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.
