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The flight time from New York to San Juan is 3 hours, 47 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves JFK New York, NY on time.
23 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 17 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SJU San Juan, PR 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
83%
Frontier
75%
JetBlue
72%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to San Juan is 3 hours, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 17 minutes.

The flight distance from New York to San Juan is 1598 Miles.

Reverse Journey

San Juan to New York
3 hours, 57 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
3h 46m
Delta
3h 47m
Frontier
3h 50m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

74

Distance

1598 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND0100200300

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
43
Delta
21
Frontier
10

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from San Juan by plane?

The distance from New York to San Juan by plane is 1598 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 Juan?

The flight time from New York to San Juan is 3 hours, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 17 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 3 hours, 46 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 3 hours, 50 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to San Juan?

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

Does Southwest fly from New York to San Juan?

Southwest does not fly from New York (JFK) to San Juan (SJU). 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 on time
Taxi Out Time 23 minutes
In the Air 197 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives San Juan 5 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 Juan, Frontier is 75% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 75% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 83% 17% 0%
Frontier 75% 24% 1%
JetBlue 72% 27% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York and San Juan, 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 22 197 5 226
Delta 23 198 5 227
Frontier 23 196 8 230

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
8pm 0.45
3pm 0.34
6am 0.76
12pm 1.3
5pm 0.35
4pm 0.03
9pm 0.67
1pm 0.4
11pm 0.13
7pm 0.47
6pm 1.1
11am 1.02
10am 0.28
10pm 0.63
9am 0.22
8am 1.01
7am 0.58
5am 0.46
2pm 0.29

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York to San Juan 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 334
February 315
March 274
April 295
May 279
June 330
July 365
August 369
September 272
October 305
November 347
December 384

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York to San Juan 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 10.77
Tuesday 10.21
Wednesday 10.44
Thursday 10.73
Friday 10.96
Saturday 10.54
Sunday 10.75

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
JetBlue 1
Delta 0
Frontier 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)
8pm 25 196 5 229
3pm 22 195 5 224
6am 21 194 7 224
12pm 18 197 5 222
5pm 25 198 5 228
4pm 25 197 5 226
9pm 26 196 5 230
1pm 22 196 6 227
11pm 16 193 6 217
7pm 32 200 5 240
6pm 30 198 5 234
11am 21 197 7 227
10am 21 198 5 225
10pm 23 196 5 227
9am 23 195 5 223
8am 25 197 5 228
7am 22 197 4 224
5am 18 199 6 227
2pm 21 197 5 224
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.