The flight time from New York to San Diego is 5 hours, 58 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves JFK New York, NY 1 minute early.
24 minutes taxiing out
5 hours, 24 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SAN San Diego, CA 11 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
86%
Alaska
80%
JetBlue
75%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to San Diego is 5 hours, 58 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 24 minutes.

The flight distance from New York to San Diego is 2446 Miles.

Reverse Journey

San Diego to New York
5 hours, 20 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
5h 57m
Delta
5h 58m
Alaska
5h 59m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h6h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

47

Distance

2446 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
18
JetBlue
16
Alaska
13

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from San Diego by plane?

The distance from New York to San Diego by plane is 2446 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from New York to San Diego?

The flight time from New York to San Diego is 5 hours, 58 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 24 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 5 hours, 57 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 5 hours, 59 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to San Diego?

Delta, Alaska, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from New York to San Diego.

Does Southwest fly from New York to San Diego?

Southwest does not fly from New York (JFK) to San Diego (SAN). 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 New York 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 24 minutes
In the Air 324 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives San Diego 11 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 New York to San Diego, Alaska is 80% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 86% 13% 1%
Alaska 80% 19% 1%
JetBlue 75% 23% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York and San Diego, 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 22 325 5 357
Delta 24 323 5 358
Alaska 26 324 4 359

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
7pm 0.26
9am 1.36
4pm 0.95
6pm 0.98
9pm 0.5
7am 0.12
8pm 0.72
10am 0.04
5pm 0.4
8am 1.37
3pm 0.01

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York to San Diego 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 172
February 166
March 236
April 221
May 200
June 197
July 211
August 203
September 225
October 211
November 215
December 224

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York to San Diego 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 6.98
Tuesday 6.33
Wednesday 6.48
Thursday 7.04
Friday 7.1
Saturday 6.58
Sunday 7.21

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
Delta 0
JetBlue 0
Alaska 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)
7pm 26 330 6 367
9am 23 319 4 350
4pm 23 325 5 357
6pm 28 325 4 364
9pm 25 324 4 357
7am 20 334 6 363
8pm 25 320 4 356
10am 24 306 5 337
5pm 22 334 5 365
8am 24 327 5 360
3pm 20 322 4 346
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.