EWR — Newark Liberty International Airport

Large airport in New York, United States.
IATA code
EWR
ICAO code
KEWR
City code
NYC
All New York airports
Passengers
46,018,269
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Nonstop routes
253
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−5 / UTC−4
America/New_York
Elevation
5 m
16 ft
Runways
3
Longest 3,353 m

Local time now: —

More codes: airport codes starting with E

About EWR

Newark Liberty International Airport is a large airport serving New York, United States. It opened in 1928 and is run by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 46,018,269 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 253 nonstop routes from EWR. On tickets, the city code NYC covers it together with the other New York airports.

Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from EWR

Route Distance Passengers / year
EWR → MCO1,508 km 1,946,092
EWR → LAX3,950 km 1,791,699
EWR → SFO4,128 km 1,752,123
EWR → ATL1,200 km 1,749,835
EWR → ORD1,157 km 1,731,402
EWR → FLL1,713 km 1,376,885
EWR → MIA1,746 km 1,160,582
EWR → IAH2,252 km 1,135,261
EWR → DEN2,583 km 1,059,062
EWR → DFW2,208 km 984,248
EWR → LHR5,577 km 974,748
EWR → LAS3,584 km 834,811
EWR → CLT850 km 827,720
EWR → TPA1,605 km 776,471
EWR → PHX3,432 km 748,077
EWR → BOS323 km 745,338
EWR → SEA3,865 km 686,880
EWR → SJU2,587 km 682,556
EWR → DTW785 km 641,601
EWR → RSW1,719 km 561,771
EWR → RDU669 km 557,249
EWR → AUS2,419 km 537,751
EWR → SDQ2,505 km 528,941
EWR → YYZ560 km 521,787
EWR → TLV9,161 km 501,304
EWR → CDG5,873 km 490,623
EWR → MSP1,623 km 481,276
EWR → STI2,384 km 471,947
EWR → SAN3,903 km 463,663
EWR → LIS5,447 km 456,445
EWR → CUN2,488 km 456,223
EWR → FRA6,228 km 447,181
EWR → BNA1,203 km 436,484
EWR → IAD342 km 409,102
EWR → CLE650 km 406,926
EWR → SLC3,168 km 389,809
EWR → PUJ2,514 km 367,873
EWR → DUB5,139 km 346,748
EWR → ATH7,976 km 338,648
EWR → JAX1,319 km 337,129

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at EWR

  • UA United Air Lines · 180,513 flights
  • YX Republic Airline · 56,659 flights
  • G7 GoJet Airlines · 21,789 flights
  • DL Delta Air Lines · 12,808 flights
  • AA American Airlines · 12,587 flights
  • NK Spirit Air Lines · 12,375 flights
  • B6 JetBlue Airways · 11,311 flights
  • AS Alaska Airlines · 5,972 flights
  • P3 Porter Airlines Inc. (PAI) · 5,429 flights
  • QK Jazz Aviation LP · 4,723 flights
  • 9E Endeavor Air · 3,006 flights
  • AC Air Canada · 2,472 flights
  • F9 Frontier Airlines · 2,346 flights
  • TP TAP-TAP Air Portugal · 2,027 flights
  • SK Scandinavian Airlines Sys. · 1,951 flights
  • LH Lufthansa German Airlines · 1,396 flights
  • BA British Airways · 1,385 flights
  • B0 Dreamjet SAS Dba La Compagnie · 1,247 flights
  • DM Arajet · 1,157 flights
  • MQ Envoy Air · 1,128 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Punctuality

Departures on time
79.9%
Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled
3.1%
Departures counted
119,096
US domestic flights

US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources

Other airports in New York

Code Airport Distance
JFKJohn F. Kennedy International Airport34 km
LGALaGuardia Airport27 km

All New York airports and the distances between them →

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
TEBTeterboro Airport20 km
HPNWestchester County Airport57 km
TTNTrenton Mercer Airport71 km
SWFNew York Stewart International Airport91 km
ISPLong Island MacArthur Airport91 km
ABELehigh Valley International Airport107 km
HVNTweed New Haven Airport125 km
PHLPhiladelphia International Airport128 km
ACYAtlantic City International Airport141 km
AVPWilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport149 km

Distance from EWR to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
EWR → LHR5,577 km 974,748
EWR → DXB11,042 km —
EWR → CDG5,873 km 490,623
EWR → FRA6,228 km 447,181
EWR → IST8,068 km —
EWR → AMS5,885 km —
EWR → JFK34 km —
EWR → ATL1,200 km 1,749,835
EWR → LAX3,950 km 1,791,699
EWR → SIN15,345 km —
EWR → HND10,879 km —
EWR → DOH10,810 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
4L/22R3,353 m 46 mAsphalt
4R/22L3,048 m 46 mAsphalt
11/292,050 m 46 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Newark, New Jersey, United States · 40.6894, -74.1705

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Newark Liberty International Airport has the IATA code EWR and the ICAO code KEWR. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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