Great-circle route IAH → EWR. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Houston to Newark is approximately 3h 19m nonstop. The distance is 1,398 miles (2,250 km). There are about 10 nonstop flights from Houston to Newark per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAH → EWR George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport |
3h 19m | 1,398 mi | 69/wk | United Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
United Airlines is the only airline flying nonstop from Houston to Newark.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Houston to Newark is 1,398 miles, or 2,250 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,398 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,250 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,215 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. United Airlines flies it nonstop, with about 69 departures a week. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 19m in the air on the IAH–EWR nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,398-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
1,398 miles (2,250 km) great-circle between George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport.
United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
