Flights Newark → Madison
EWR → MSN
Route overview
The flight route from Newark to Madison has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 5.7 minutes. Since the origin airport in Newark opened in 2001, it has served this route with a total of 89 flights, connecting to a destination city that sees over one million passengers annually at its airport.
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) → Madison (MSN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 112 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.36%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Madison the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Madison: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Newark (EWR) to Madison (MSN) heads west for about 1,282 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 1m.
Departures from Newark on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of EWR-MSN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Madison it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 112 tracked EWR-MSN flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 5.4% 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-MSN
On the Newark (EWR) -> Madison (MSN) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 112 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Newark-Madison is 5.36% across 112 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.
