The flight time from Salt Lake City to Newark is 4 hours, 17 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SLC Salt Lake City, UT on time.
16 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 48 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives EWR Newark, NJ 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
82%
United
70%
Spirit
64%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Salt Lake City to Newark is 4 hours, 17 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 48 minutes.

The flight distance from Salt Lake City to Newark is 1969 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Newark to Salt Lake City
5 hours, 1 minute

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
4h 13m
Spirit
4h 17m
Delta
4h 20m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

20

Distance

1969 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0123

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
10
United
8
Spirit
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Salt Lake City from Newark by plane?

The distance from Salt Lake City to Newark by plane is 1969 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Salt Lake City to Newark?

The flight time from Salt Lake City to Newark is 4 hours, 17 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 48 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 4 hours, 13 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 4 hours, 20 minutes.

What airlines fly from Salt Lake City to Newark?

United, Spirit, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Salt Lake City to Newark.

Does Southwest fly from Salt Lake City to Newark?

Southwest does not fly from Salt Lake City (SLC) 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 Salt Lake City on time
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 228 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives Newark 3 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 Salt Lake City to Newark, Spirit is 64% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 64% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 82% 16% 2%
United 70% 28% 2%
Spirit 64% 33% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Salt Lake City 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)
United 16 226 8 253
Spirit 15 233 9 257
Delta 16 230 9 260

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
9am 0.01
3pm 0.03
0am 0.18
11am 0.82
10pm 0.01
11pm 1.33
1pm 0.01
10am 0.24
12pm 0.18

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City 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 68
February 75
March 87
April 58
May 62
June 84
July 116
August 124
September 92
October 92
November 86
December 99

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City 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 2.88
Tuesday 2.9
Wednesday 2.88
Thursday 2.85
Friday 2.87
Saturday 2.75
Sunday 2.92

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
United 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)
9am 47 223 6 277
3pm 16 236 8 260
0am 17 225 9 257
11am 16 228 8 255
10pm 14 223 14 252
11pm 15 228 9 256
1pm 30 220 24 300
10am 15 235 7 258
12pm 16 228 11 257
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.