Direct flights from New York (EWR) to Cancún (CUN): 21 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 100% of the last 18 tracked flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is 21 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 19 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 2,493 km, an estimated 3 hours 42 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at New York and Cancún. Updated 2 November 2026 at 18:47 UTC.
Left EWR at 09:54, 21 min after its 09:33 slot.
Landing estimate from 89,852 tracked flights of 4 to 8 hours that left 15 to 29 min late. The CUN board has not posted a landing time yet. How planes make up time
Track UA1050 →Checked EWR board 13:47 · CUN board 13:07
of the last 18 tracked EWR → CUN flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is −21 min. 0 of 19 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Conditions are tightest at EWR: a 28% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +1 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop EWR to CUN flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search: New York (EWR) to Cancún (CUN) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/EWR-CUN
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 06:56 from EWR. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the CUN delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 2,493 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 206–244 min gate-to-gate on this route.
United Airlines runs the route with about 21 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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