The flight time from Newark to San Juan is 3 hours, 49 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves EWR Newark, NJ 1 minute early.
22 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 20 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SJU San Juan, PR 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

JetBlue
76%
Frontier
75%
United
73%
Spirit
72%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Newark to San Juan is 3 hours, 49 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 20 minutes.

The flight distance from Newark to San Juan is 1608 Miles.

Reverse Journey

San Juan to Newark
4 hours, 6 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 46m
JetBlue
3h 49m
United
3h 49m
Frontier
3h 56m
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

43

Distance

1608 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
21
JetBlue
11
Frontier
6
Spirit
4

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Newark from San Juan by plane?

The distance from Newark to San Juan by plane is 1608 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 Juan?

The flight time from Newark to San Juan is 3 hours, 49 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 20 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 46 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 3 hours, 56 minutes.

What airlines fly from Newark to San Juan?

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

Does Southwest fly from Newark to San Juan?

Southwest does not fly from Newark (EWR) 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 Newark 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 22 minutes
In the Air 200 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives San Juan 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 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
JetBlue 76% 23% 1%
Frontier 75% 23% 2%
United 73% 26% 1%
Spirit 72% 25% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Newark 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)
Spirit 13 203 5 226
JetBlue 21 201 5 229
United 23 199 4 229
Frontier 22 202 8 236

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
6am 0.37
10am 0.34
9am 1.01
6pm 0.12
7am 0.6
10pm 0.23
1pm 0.2
5am 0.39
5pm 0.25
7pm 1.03
3pm 0.05
8am 0.63
2pm 0.11
9pm 0.18
11pm 0.09
4pm 0.18
11am 0.25
8pm 0

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Newark 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 201
February 174
March 161
April 158
May 186
June 183
July 211
August 204
September 170
October 177
November 196
December 225

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Newark 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 6.52
Tuesday 6.08
Wednesday 6.25
Thursday 5.9
Friday 6.29
Saturday 6.15
Sunday 6

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 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)
6am 22 199 6 228
10am 21 204 5 234
9am 22 200 4 231
6pm 27 198 5 229
7am 22 196 4 225
10pm 12 207 5 227
1pm 19 202 8 229
5am 24 205 7 237
5pm 26 203 5 237
7pm 25 199 4 230
3pm 19 199 6 227
8am 23 198 4 226
2pm 17 196 6 220
9pm 20 202 5 228
11pm 12 202 4 223
4pm 13 197 5 216
11am 21 203 8 235
8pm 17 193 5 215
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.