The flight time from Newark to San Francisco is 6 hours, 8 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves EWR Newark, NJ on time.
24 minutes taxiing out
5 hours, 34 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SFO San Francisco, CA 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Alaska
77%
United
73%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Newark to San Francisco is 6 hours, 8 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 34 minutes.

The flight distance from Newark to San Francisco is 2565 Miles.

Reverse Journey

San Francisco to Newark
5 hours, 18 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
6h 6m
Alaska
6h 16m
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

77

Distance

2565 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
63
Alaska
13

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Newark from San Francisco by plane?

The distance from Newark to San Francisco by plane is 2565 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 San Francisco?

The flight time from Newark to San Francisco is 6 hours, 8 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 34 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 6 hours, 6 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 6 hours, 16 minutes.

What airlines fly from Newark to San Francisco?

United and Alaska are the airlines with direct flights from Newark to San Francisco.

Does Southwest fly from Newark to San Francisco?

Southwest does not fly from Newark (EWR) to San Francisco (SFO). 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 24 minutes
In the Air 334 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives San Francisco 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 San Francisco, Alaska is 77% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 77% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Alaska 77% 20% 3%
United 73% 25% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Newark and San Francisco, 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 23 332 7 366
Alaska 28 339 6 376

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
11am 0.62
8pm 0.87
3pm 0.47
6pm 0.87
1pm 0.56
7am 0.29
8am 0.99
4pm 1.02
6am 0.98
2pm 0.76
12pm 0.35
7pm 0.16
10am 0.61
5pm 1.05
9am 1.1

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Newark to San Francisco 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 287
February 268
March 321
April 323
May 336
June 326
July 341
August 340
September 330
October 367
November 396
December 372

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Newark to San Francisco 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 11.31
Tuesday 11.25
Wednesday 11.06
Thursday 11
Friday 11.1
Saturday 10.29
Sunday 11.06

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
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)
11am 20 334 6 361
8pm 28 338 7 378
3pm 22 333 6 365
6pm 30 334 7 372
1pm 20 328 6 356
7am 23 336 9 375
8am 26 323 9 364
4pm 24 328 7 363
6am 19 340 7 368
2pm 20 337 6 367
12pm 18 351 6 377
7pm 31 351 7 388
10am 22 326 6 359
5pm 28 338 6 376
9am 27 329 7 366
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.