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

Average Timeline

Leaves SJU San Juan, PR 2 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 39 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives EWR Newark, NJ 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
85%
United
78%
JetBlue
68%
Frontier
59%
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, 49 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
4h 4m
United
4h 5m
Spirit
4h 8m
Frontier
4h 24m
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

41

Distance

1608 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
21
JetBlue
10
Spirit
8
Frontier
1

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, 4 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 4 hours, 24 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 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 219 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Newark 6 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 59% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 59% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 85% 14% 1%
United 78% 20% 2%
JetBlue 68% 31% 1%
Frontier 59% 39% 2%

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 13 218 9 244
United 15 217 9 245
Spirit 12 226 8 248
Frontier 19 228 15 264

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 0.01
12pm 0.1
7am 0.45
6am 0.36
11am 0.25
1pm 0.68
9pm 0.02
5pm 0.01
2pm 0.42
7pm 0.66
9am 0.03
6pm 0.43
3pm 0.13
1am 0.81
2am 0.37
8pm 0.09
5am 0.13
3am 0.08
10am 0.05
4pm 0.24
4am 0.11
8am 0.05
10pm 0.3

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 200
February 175
March 160
April 158
May 186
June 181
July 211
August 217
September 158
October 154
November 149
December 189

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 5.92
Tuesday 5.98
Wednesday 5.92
Thursday 5.75
Friday 5.83
Saturday 5.92
Sunday 5.79

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
Spirit 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)
0am 10 213 8 231
12pm 12 229 10 251
7am 13 226 8 249
6am 13 223 10 249
11am 15 220 9 246
1pm 16 213 17 251
9pm 13 209 7 229
5pm 14 225 13 252
2pm 16 218 11 252
7pm 14 220 8 244
9am 15 220 8 247
6pm 15 218 8 242
3pm 11 217 10 239
1am 14 215 7 238
2am 14 222 7 243
8pm 14 226 12 257
5am 12 225 10 252
3am 14 218 10 244
10am 14 242 8 264
4pm 14 215 12 242
4am 11 221 8 241
8am 12 228 8 248
10pm 12 222 8 245
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.