The flight time from San Antonio to Newark is 3 hours, 38 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SAT San Antonio, TX 4 minutes early.
13 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 14 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives EWR Newark, NJ 12 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
88%
Spirit
70%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Antonio to Newark is 3 hours, 38 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 14 minutes.

The flight distance from San Antonio to Newark is 1569 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Newark to San Antonio
4 hours, 1 minute

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
3h 37m
Spirit
3h 44m
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

15

Distance

1569 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0123

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
12
Spirit
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is San Antonio from Newark by plane?

The distance from San Antonio to Newark by plane is 1569 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from San Antonio to Newark?

The flight time from San Antonio to Newark is 3 hours, 38 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 14 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 3 hours, 37 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 3 hours, 44 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Antonio to Newark?

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

Does Southwest fly from San Antonio to Newark?

Southwest does not fly from San Antonio (SAT) 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 San Antonio 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 194 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives Newark 12 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 San Antonio to Newark, Spirit is 70% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 70% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 88% 11% 1%
Spirit 70% 26% 4%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Antonio 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 13 194 8 217
Spirit 13 200 8 224

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 0.2
2pm 0.11
12pm 0.14
6pm 0.01
7am 0.3
11am 0.01
10am 0.05
6am 0.7
8pm 0.04
1pm 0.53
9am 0.02
5pm 0.01

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Antonio 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 61
February 58
March 47
April 68
May 84
June 80
July 83
August 61
September 60
October 62
November 60
December 62

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Antonio 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 2.29
Tuesday 2.33
Wednesday 2.21
Thursday 2.29
Friday 2.19
Saturday 1.9
Sunday 1.9

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
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)
3pm 13 200 10 226
2pm 13 201 10 226
12pm 15 200 7 226
6pm 11 201 7 223
7am 13 190 8 211
11am 14 205 15 235
10am 12 201 8 224
6am 12 194 8 216
8pm 12 194 6 212
1pm 14 193 9 217
9am 15 203 6 226
5pm 28 198 8 239
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.