The flight time from Newark to Miami is 2 hours, 58 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves EWR Newark, NJ on time.
18 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 29 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MIA Miami, FL 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
81%
American
78%
United
73%
Frontier
66%
JetBlue
64%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Newark to Miami is 2 hours, 58 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 29 minutes.

The flight distance from Newark to Miami is 1085 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Miami to Newark
2 hours, 56 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
2h 57m
JetBlue
2h 57m
American
2h 58m
Frontier
3h 2m
Spirit
3h 6m
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

95

Distance

1085 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun051015

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
40
American
25
JetBlue
19
Frontier
7
Spirit
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Newark from Miami by plane?

The distance from Newark to Miami by plane is 1085 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 Miami?

The flight time from Newark to Miami is 2 hours, 58 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 29 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 2 hours, 57 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 3 hours, 6 minutes.

What airlines fly from Newark to Miami?

Spirit, Frontier, JetBlue, American, and United are the airlines with direct flights from Newark to Miami.

Does Southwest fly from Newark to Miami?

Southwest does not fly from Newark (EWR) to Miami (MIA). 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 18 minutes
In the Air 149 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Miami 4 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 Miami, Frontier is 66% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 66% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 81% 14% 5%
American 78% 19% 3%
United 73% 23% 4%
Frontier 66% 32% 2%
JetBlue 64% 33% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Newark and Miami, 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)
United 19 150 6 177
JetBlue 18 148 6 177
American 16 150 7 178
Frontier 18 149 10 182
Spirit 18 151 11 186

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
3pm 1.26
5am 0.24
7am 1.28
10am 1.01
8pm 0.91
4pm 0.62
7pm 0.67
12pm 0.71
2pm 0.29
5pm 0.49
8am 1.07
1pm 1.18
9am 0.36
6am 1.37
9pm 0.24
6pm 1.25
11am 0.17

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Newark to Miami 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 464
February 267
March 421
April 442
May 460
June 435
July 429
August 424
September 318
October 390
November 453
December 469

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Newark to Miami 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 14.5
Tuesday 13.25
Wednesday 12.98
Thursday 14.06
Friday 14.19
Saturday 12.98
Sunday 13.65

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
American 0
JetBlue 0
Frontier 0
Spirit 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)
3pm 19 151 7 180
5am 14 147 6 168
7am 19 148 5 176
10am 21 150 5 178
8pm 19 146 7 175
4pm 16 149 6 176
7pm 18 147 7 175
12pm 16 150 7 178
2pm 16 155 7 182
5pm 18 148 7 178
8am 20 150 7 181
1pm 16 151 7 177
9am 24 152 5 183
6am 16 150 8 176
9pm 19 150 7 176
6pm 19 149 8 181
11am 15 151 8 178
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.