The flight time from Portland to New York is 1 hour, 21 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves PWM Portland, ME 4 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
58 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LGA New York, NY 14 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

JetBlue
95%
Delta
83%
American
72%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Portland to New York is 1 hour, 21 minutes. The time spent in the air is 58 minutes.

The flight distance from Portland to New York is 269 Miles.

Reverse Journey

New York to Portland
1 hour, 15 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
1h 14m
American
1h 20m
Delta
1h 22m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

27

Distance

269 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun012345

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
22
JetBlue
2
American
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Portland from New York by plane?

The distance from Portland to New York by plane is 269 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Portland to New York?

The flight time from Portland to New York is 1 hour, 21 minutes. The time spent in the air is 58 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 1 hour, 14 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 22 minutes.

What airlines fly from Portland to New York?

Delta, American, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from Portland to New York.

Does Southwest fly from Portland to New York?

Southwest does not fly from Portland (PWM) to New York (LGA). 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 Portland 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 58 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives New York 14 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 Portland to New York, American is 72% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 72% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
JetBlue 95% 4% 1%
Delta 83% 13% 4%
American 72% 26% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Portland and New York, 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)
JetBlue 10 56 6 74
American 14 56 7 80
Delta 14 58 8 82

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 0.25
10am 0.06
6pm 0.05
11am 0.78
2pm 0.23
5pm 0.69
7pm 0.12
5am 0.01
12pm 0.17
8am 0.06
9am 0.01
6am 0.88
7am 0.27
1pm 0.03
4pm 0.11

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Portland to New York 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 83
February 82
March 88
April 86
May 111
June 170
July 186
August 163
September 157
October 124
November 84
December 76

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Portland to New York 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 4.02
Tuesday 4.08
Wednesday 4.15
Thursday 4.06
Friday 4.02
Saturday 3.1
Sunday 3.69

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
Delta 0
JetBlue 0
American 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 55 7 84
10am 12 58 7 78
6pm 14 56 10 85
11am 14 58 7 80
2pm 12 58 8 80
5pm 14 58 8 82
7pm 13 57 8 80
5am 16 61 8 80
12pm 13 58 8 81
8am 11 60 6 77
9am 13 57 6 80
6am 14 57 8 82
7am 12 59 7 80
1pm 10 53 8 75
4pm 14 55 7 77
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.