Flights Newark → Greensboro
EWR → GSO
Route overview
The flight route from Newark to Greensboro has an on-time performance rate of 88%, with an average delay of 10.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees around 178 flights, connecting passengers from the relatively newer Newark airport, which opened in 2001, to Greensboro's busy airport that handles nearly 1.7 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 Newark (EWR) → Greensboro (GSO) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 257 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.72%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Greensboro the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Greensboro: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Newark (EWR) to Greensboro (GSO) heads south-west for about 716 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from Newark on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 47% of EWR-GSO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Greensboro it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 257 tracked EWR-GSO flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 2.7% 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 EWR-GSO
On the Newark (EWR) -> Greensboro (GSO) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 257 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Newark-Greensboro is 2.72% across 257 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.
