Flights Milwaukee → Newark
MKE → EWR
How long is the flight from Milwaukee to Newark?
The flight from Milwaukee (MKE) to Newark (EWR) takes 1h 47m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Milwaukee to Newark has a high on-time performance rate of 88%, with an average delay of just 0.5 minutes across the total of 172 flights recorded. The destination airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, which opened in 2001 and serves over 43 million passengers annually, is a major hub for air travel on the East Coast.
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 Milwaukee (MKE) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 517 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Newark the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Milwaukee the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Milwaukee (MKE) to Newark (EWR) heads east for about 1,163 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 47m.
Departures from Milwaukee on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of MKE-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Milwaukee the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 517 tracked MKE-EWR flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 6.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about MKE-EWR
The flight from Milwaukee (MKE) to Newark (EWR) takes 1h 47m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Milwaukee (MKE) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 517 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Milwaukee-Newark is 6.00% across 517 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.
