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The flight time from San Juan to New York is 3 hours, 57 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SJU San Juan, PR 2 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 31 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives JFK New York, NY 9 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
91%
JetBlue
81%
Frontier
76%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Juan to New York is 3 hours, 57 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 31 minutes.

The flight distance from San Juan to New York is 1598 Miles.

Reverse Journey

New York to San Juan
3 hours, 47 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
3h 53m
Delta
4h 1m
Frontier
4h 2m
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

74

Distance

1598 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND0100200300

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
42
Delta
21
Frontier
10

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is San Juan from New York by plane?

The distance from San Juan to New York by plane is 1598 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 Juan to New York?

The flight time from San Juan to New York is 3 hours, 57 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 31 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 3 hours, 53 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 4 hours, 2 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Juan to New York?

JetBlue, Delta, and Frontier are the airlines with direct flights from San Juan to New York.

Does Southwest fly from San Juan to New York?

Southwest does not fly from San Juan (SJU) to New York (JFK). 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 Juan 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 211 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives New York 9 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 Juan to New York, Frontier is 76% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 76% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 91% 9% 0%
JetBlue 81% 18% 1%
Frontier 76% 23% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Juan 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 12 211 8 233
Delta 16 210 10 241
Frontier 17 211 12 242

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
10am 0.21
4am 0.42
2am 0.01
9am 0.21
6pm 0.93
6am 0.81
9pm 0.55
3pm 0.16
1am 0.07
11am 0.52
8pm 0.42
0am 0.06
3am 0.27
12pm 0.66
10pm 0.1
7pm 0.11
5pm 0.55
1pm 0.88
5am 0.56
4pm 0.3
2pm 0.58
8am 0.55
7am 1.55

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Juan 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 336
February 317
March 270
April 295
May 278
June 332
July 366
August 371
September 271
October 302
November 346
December 384

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Juan 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 10.77
Tuesday 10.4
Wednesday 10.29
Thursday 10.75
Friday 10.92
Saturday 10.44
Sunday 10.81

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
JetBlue 1
Delta 0
Frontier 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)
10am 12 212 7 233
4am 11 213 9 236
2am 10 210 5 239
9am 15 218 7 243
6pm 15 213 10 240
6am 14 211 10 238
9pm 15 208 10 236
3pm 13 213 8 238
1am 11 209 7 228
11am 12 212 7 232
8pm 16 208 13 239
0am 11 219 8 240
3am 11 212 8 233
12pm 14 207 11 234
10pm 15 211 10 237
7pm 12 210 7 231
5pm 16 210 14 246
1pm 15 209 10 237
5am 11 211 10 234
4pm 11 209 9 232
2pm 16 213 9 241
8am 13 209 8 231
7am 14 211 8 235
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.