The flight time from Newark to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 57 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves EWR Newark, NJ on time.
20 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 29 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

JetBlue
76%
United
75%
Spirit
70%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Newark to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 57 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 29 minutes.

The flight distance from Newark to Fort Lauderdale is 1065 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Fort Lauderdale to Newark
2 hours, 52 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
2h 56m
JetBlue
2h 57m
United
2h 58m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

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Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

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Flights Per Week

105

Distance

1065 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

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Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
53
Spirit
29
JetBlue
22

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Newark from Fort Lauderdale by plane?

The distance from Newark to Fort Lauderdale by plane is 1065 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Newark to Fort Lauderdale?

The flight time from Newark to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 57 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 29 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 2 hours, 56 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 58 minutes.

What airlines fly from Newark to Fort Lauderdale?

United, Spirit, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from Newark to Fort Lauderdale.

Does Southwest fly from Newark to Fort Lauderdale?

Southwest does not fly from Newark (EWR) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL). 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 Newark on time
Taxi Out Time 20 minutes
In the Air 149 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Fort Lauderdale 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 Newark to Fort Lauderdale, Spirit is 70% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 70% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
JetBlue 76% 21% 3%
United 75% 22% 3%
Spirit 70% 27% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Newark and Fort Lauderdale, 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)
Spirit 15 149 8 176
JetBlue 22 148 6 177
United 21 149 4 178

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
5am 0.52
6pm 1.41
10pm 0
5pm 0.94
12pm 0.34
7am 1.17
8pm 0.59
3pm 1.1
8am 0.41
9pm 0.04
10am 0.58
6am 2.08
11am 1.67
9am 0.67
7pm 0.82
2pm 0.56
4pm 0.84
1pm 0.84

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Newark to Fort Lauderdale 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 522
February 491
March 590
April 526
May 467
June 368
July 376
August 389
September 354
October 374
November 479
December 540

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Newark to Fort Lauderdale 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 15.1
Tuesday 14.92
Wednesday 14.9
Thursday 15.08
Friday 15.17
Saturday 14.63
Sunday 15.5

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
Spirit 1
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)
5am 14 146 7 170
6pm 23 148 7 180
10pm 28 129 6 163
5pm 20 149 7 182
12pm 14 151 7 173
7am 22 148 4 176
8pm 22 147 5 177
3pm 21 150 5 178
8am 23 151 5 182
9pm 20 140 6 169
10am 21 149 6 181
6am 18 147 6 173
11am 18 150 6 176
9am 25 149 6 183
7pm 25 147 4 179
2pm 17 150 7 175
4pm 18 151 7 182
1pm 19 150 5 178
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.