The flight time from Boston to Newark is 1 hour, 22 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOS Boston, MA 3 minutes early.
18 minutes taxiing out
51 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives EWR Newark, NJ 9 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

JetBlue
80%
United
79%
Delta
79%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boston to Newark is 1 hour, 22 minutes. The time spent in the air is 51 minutes.

The flight distance from Boston to Newark is 200 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Newark to Boston
1 hour, 9 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
1h 20m
United
1h 21m
Delta
1h 29m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

84

Distance

200 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
63
Delta
13
JetBlue
7

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boston from Newark by plane?

The distance from Boston to Newark by plane is 200 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Boston to Newark?

The flight time from Boston to Newark is 1 hour, 22 minutes. The time spent in the air is 51 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 1 hour, 20 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 29 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boston to Newark?

JetBlue, Delta, and United are the airlines with direct flights from Boston to Newark.

Does Southwest fly from Boston to Newark?

Southwest does not fly from Boston (BOS) to Newark (EWR). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Boston 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 18 minutes
In the Air 51 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Newark 9 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Boston to Newark, JetBlue is 80% reliable, which means that JetBlue flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
JetBlue 80% 16% 4%
Delta 79% 17% 4%
United 79% 17% 4%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boston and Newark, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
JetBlue 18 51 10 80
United 17 51 10 81
Delta 25 53 8 89

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
9pm 0.39
5am 0.11
7pm 0.84
11am 0.43
8am 0.64
4pm 0.79
5pm 0.88
1pm 0.68
9am 0.61
7am 0.76
3pm 0.77
2pm 0.39
6pm 0.86
8pm 0.47
10pm 0.05
12pm 0.45
6am 1.78
10am 0.64

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Newark that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 410
February 424
March 461
April 425
May 494
June 339
July 334
August 296
September 329
October 353
November 290
December 234

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Newark that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 12.69
Tuesday 12.48
Wednesday 12.58
Thursday 12.6
Friday 12.6
Saturday 10.44
Sunday 11.02

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
United 1
Delta 0
JetBlue 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
9pm 15 49 8 73
5am 15 52 11 85
7pm 18 51 11 83
11am 14 51 8 75
8am 17 50 10 80
4pm 18 51 10 82
5pm 25 52 11 93
1pm 20 53 9 85
9am 17 50 9 78
7am 16 51 10 80
3pm 19 51 9 83
2pm 18 54 10 85
6pm 22 53 11 90
8pm 17 50 12 82
10pm 16 48 7 72
12pm 24 53 7 88
6am 19 52 8 81
10am 15 51 8 75
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.