Flights San Juan → Newark
SJU → EWR
Route overview
The flight route from San Juan to Newark operates with a mix of Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, and Boeing 757-300 aircraft, serving the high-traffic Newark airport which opened in 2001 and handles nearly forty-three million passengers annually. With 559 total flights recorded, this route maintains a punctuality rate of 77%, with an average delay time of 18.8 minutes per flight.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The San Juan (SJU) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by JetBlue Airways, United Airlines. Across 759 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.77%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from San Juan the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Juan (SJU) to Newark (EWR) heads north for about 2,594 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 40m.
Departures from San Juan on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 39% of SJU-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Juan the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 759 tracked SJU-EWR flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 2.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about SJU-EWR
On the San Juan (SJU) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 759 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Juan-Newark is 2.77% across 759 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: JetBlue Airways, United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
