The flight time from Pittsburgh to Newark is 1 hour, 24 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves PIT Pittsburgh, PA 6 minutes early.
12 minutes taxiing out
57 minutes in the air
11 minutes taxiing in
Arrives EWR Newark, NJ 15 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
87%
Spirit
72%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Pittsburgh to Newark is 1 hour, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 57 minutes.

The flight distance from Pittsburgh to Newark is 319 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Newark to Pittsburgh
1 hour, 25 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
1h 20m
United
1h 25m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

57

Distance

319 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
50
Spirit
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Pittsburgh from Newark by plane?

The distance from Pittsburgh to Newark by plane is 319 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Pittsburgh to Newark?

The flight time from Pittsburgh to Newark is 1 hour, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 57 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 1 hour, 20 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 25 minutes.

What airlines fly from Pittsburgh to Newark?

Spirit and United are the airlines with direct flights from Pittsburgh to Newark.

Does Southwest fly from Pittsburgh to Newark?

Southwest does not fly from Pittsburgh (PIT) to Newark (EWR). 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 Pittsburgh 6 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 12 minutes
In the Air 57 minutes
Taxiing In 11 minutes
Arrives Newark 15 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 Pittsburgh to Newark, Spirit is 72% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 72% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 87% 9% 4%
Spirit 72% 24% 4%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Pittsburgh and Newark, 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 12 56 9 80
United 12 57 11 85

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
5pm 0.28
11am 0.61
6am 0.76
12pm 0.19
9am 0.61
2pm 0.84
8am 0.86
7pm 0.01
10am 0.62
6pm 0.77
9pm 0.16
7am 0.94
4pm 0.21
3pm 0.7
1pm 0.17
8pm 0.22

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Pittsburgh to Newark 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 264
February 260
March 291
April 290
May 273
June 233
July 242
August 238
September 259
October 237
November 226
December 196

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Pittsburgh to Newark 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 8.62
Tuesday 8.52
Wednesday 8.6
Thursday 8.48
Friday 8.5
Saturday 6.73
Sunday 8.42

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 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)
5pm 14 59 15 91
11am 11 57 9 79
6am 12 56 11 84
12pm 11 58 7 79
9am 11 56 9 78
2pm 14 58 10 87
8am 12 55 10 81
7pm 14 60 11 80
10am 12 57 8 79
6pm 13 60 19 100
9pm 10 55 8 75
7am 12 56 12 87
4pm 13 57 13 88
3pm 13 59 11 89
1pm 14 57 10 88
8pm 12 59 21 97
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.