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The flight time from San Juan to Newark is 4 hours, 6 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SJU San Juan, PR 1 minute early.
14 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 39 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives EWR Newark, NJ 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
87%
United
77%
JetBlue
73%
Frontier
73%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Juan to Newark is 4 hours, 6 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 39 minutes.

The flight distance from San Juan to Newark is 1608 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Newark to San Juan
3 hours, 50 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
4h 3m
United
4h 5m
Spirit
4h 8m
Frontier
4h 14m
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

43

Distance

1608 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
20
JetBlue
11
Frontier
8
Spirit
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is San Juan from Newark by plane?

The distance from San Juan to Newark by plane is 1608 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 Newark?

The flight time from San Juan to Newark is 4 hours, 6 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 39 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 4 hours, 3 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 4 hours, 14 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Juan to Newark?

JetBlue, Spirit, United, and Frontier are the airlines with direct flights from San Juan to Newark.

Does Southwest fly from San Juan to Newark?

Southwest does not fly from San Juan (SJU) 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 Juan 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 219 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Newark 4 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 Newark, Frontier is 73% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 73% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 87% 10% 3%
United 77% 21% 2%
Frontier 73% 26% 1%
JetBlue 73% 26% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Juan 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)
JetBlue 12 220 9 243
United 15 218 9 245
Spirit 12 227 7 248
Frontier 17 223 14 254

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
0am 0.03
12pm 0.33
7am 0.1
6am 0.29
11am 0.02
1pm 0.65
9pm 0.22
5pm 0.11
2pm 0.38
7pm 0.87
6pm 0.48
3pm 0.25
1am 0.82
2am 0.38
8pm 0.46
5am 0.03
3am 0
10am 0.05
4pm 0.17
4am 0.07
8am 0.31
10pm 0.1

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Juan 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 217
February 192
March 160
April 158
May 186
June 181
July 211
August 200
September 169
October 175
November 198
December 225

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Juan 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 6.52
Tuesday 6
Wednesday 6.38
Thursday 6.06
Friday 6.54
Saturday 6.21
Sunday 5.98

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
JetBlue 0
Frontier 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)
0am 10 219 7 234
12pm 12 221 9 245
7am 12 224 8 251
6am 17 220 14 252
11am 15 227 10 251
1pm 17 215 14 249
9pm 16 226 12 253
5pm 14 229 9 255
2pm 18 217 12 250
7pm 14 219 8 245
6pm 15 218 8 242
3pm 12 218 10 242
1am 13 215 7 237
2am 14 224 7 247
8pm 15 219 14 247
5am 12 232 7 257
3am 13 233 30 276
10am 14 242 8 264
4pm 14 218 9 241
4am 11 219 7 236
8am 16 230 13 260
10pm 15 222 11 252
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.