New York (EWR) – Salt Lake City (SLC)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
3,168 km
1,969 mi · 1,711 nm
Flight time
5 h 9 min / 4 h 14 min
Average gate to gate: EWR → SLC / back
Time difference
2 h
CO2 per passenger
397 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (235 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
389,809
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +13.1%
Flights / week
50
Both directions, average
Seats filled
86%
455,619 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
2
DL, UA

Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from EWR to SLCEWRSLC
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from EWR
283°
Heading from SLC
78°
Halfway point
42.32, -93.06
Great-circle km
3,160 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air EWR → SLC
4 h 36 min
In the air SLC → EWR
3 h 46 min
Clocks
Salt Lake City is 2 h behind New York

The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 47,526 passengers
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Month Passengers
Aug 202528,986
Sep 202528,792
Oct 202528,681
Nov 202522,757
Dec 202531,558
Jan 202637,013
Feb 202635,836
Mar 202647,526
Apr 202629,205
May 202632,626
Jun 202637,384
Jul 202629,445
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 326 flights
0200400AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar326AprMayJunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025183
Sep 2025180
Oct 2025184
Nov 2025174
Dec 2025204
Jan 2026271
Feb 2026258
Mar 2026326
Apr 2026225
May 2026201
Jun 2026228
Jul 2026172

Airlines flying EWR–SLC nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
DLDelta Air Lines27
59%
UAUnited Air Lines23
41%

Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources

Aircraft on this route

  • Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 766 flights
  • Boeing 737-900ER · 674 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 532 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 900 · 267 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 191 flights
  • Boeing 737-800 · 98 flights
  • Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 75 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 3 flights

Also carried: 132 tonnes of freight and 19 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
79%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
17 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
2.2%
Flights counted
2,674
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
DLDelta Air Lines79.5%16 min
UAUnited Air Lines78.4%17 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 32% · aircraft arriving late 28% · air traffic system 35% · weather 6% · security 0%.

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

What passengers paid

Average fare, Q1 2026
$390
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$341
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
United Air Lines
59% of passengers · $359
Lowest-fare airline
United Air Lines
59% of passengers · $359

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $311 · Q3 2025 $308 · Q4 2025 $333 · Q1 2026 $390).

Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $398, likely $353–$453

The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 3%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works

Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 7% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).

U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 3,160 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between New York and Salt Lake City

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All New York airports

More 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

More routes from SLC

Route Distance Passengers / year
SLC → DEN629 km 1,802,673
SLC → PHX816 km 1,273,366
SLC → SEA1,108 km 1,106,553
SLC → LAX949 km 1,093,873
SLC → DFW1,591 km 1,062,242
SLC → ATL2,559 km 1,015,193
SLC → LAS591 km 995,387
SLC → SAN1,007 km 776,818
SLC → ORD2,011 km 772,727
SLC → SFO964 km 705,455

Questions

New York (EWR) and Salt Lake City (SLC) are 3,168 km (1,969 miles, 1,711 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.