New York (JFK) – Salt Lake City (SLC)
- Distance
- 3,202 km
- 1,990 mi · 1,729 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 19 min / 4 h 20 min
- Average gate to gate: JFK → SLC / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 402 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (237 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 574,770
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −7.8%
- Flights / week
- 72
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 82%
- 700,538 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- DL, B6
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
The way there
- Heading from JFK
- 283°
- Heading from SLC
- 78°
- Halfway point
- 42.33, -92.86
- Great-circle km
- 3,194 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air JFK → SLC
- 4 h 42 min
- In the air SLC → JFK
- 3 h 52 min
- Clocks
- Salt Lake City is 2 h behind New York
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 49,935 |
| Sep 2025 | 46,823 |
| Oct 2025 | 48,029 |
| Nov 2025 | 41,365 |
| Dec 2025 | 51,902 |
| Jan 2026 | 46,677 |
| Feb 2026 | 47,992 |
| Mar 2026 | 56,766 |
| Apr 2026 | 43,795 |
| May 2026 | 47,655 |
| Jun 2026 | 48,576 |
| Jul 2026 | 45,255 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 309 |
| Sep 2025 | 302 |
| Oct 2025 | 312 |
| Nov 2025 | 293 |
| Dec 2025 | 327 |
| Jan 2026 | 308 |
| Feb 2026 | 321 |
| Mar 2026 | 389 |
| Apr 2026 | 323 |
| May 2026 | 310 |
| Jun 2026 | 298 |
| Jul 2026 | 274 |
Airlines flying JFK–SLC nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 58 | 84% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 15 | 16% |
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 · 2,759 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 539 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 177 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 173 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 61 flights
- Airbus Industrie A330-300/333 · 26 flights
- Airbus Industrie A330-200 · 12 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 8 flights
Also carried: 1,066 tonnes of freight and 93 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.2%
- Flights counted
- 3,859
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 82.6% | 12 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 72.6% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 41% · aircraft arriving late 25% · air traffic system 29% · weather 5% · 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
- $491
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $413
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 79% of passengers · $547
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 18% of passengers · $286
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $381 · Q3 2025 $365 · Q4 2025 $402 · Q1 2026 $491).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $501, likely $434–$571
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 6.4%). 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: 3,194 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
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More routes from JFK
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |