Great-circle route DEN ↔ EWR. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample. The two directions are not identical — that is normal on scheduled routes.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEN → EWR Denver to Newark |
62/wk | Daily | United Airlines |
| EWR → DEN Newark to Denver |
69/wk | Daily | United Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,023,046 passengers on 6,384 flights between DEN and EWR — about 2,804 a day — filling 87% of the 1,172,600 seats flown. United Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (100%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
United Airlines is the only airline flying the DEN–EWR nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737, Boeing 757-200.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
On a long east–west route like this one the two directions do not take the same time. Aircraft flying eastbound ride the mid-latitude jet stream and typically arrive earlier than the westbound leg, which flies into it. The difference is commonly 30 to 90 minutes on transatlantic and transpacific flights, and it varies by season. The estimate above does not model wind — treat it as a midpoint and check the airline's own timetable for the block time on your date.
The distance between Denver International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport is 1,601 miles, or 2,577 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,601 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,577 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,391 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. United Airlines flies the route nonstop, with about 131 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 42m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,601-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.
About 62 a week from Denver to Newark and 69 a week from Newark to Denver, from our most recent schedule sample.
United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,023,046 passengers on 6,384 scheduled flights between DEN and EWR — about 2,804 a day — filling 87% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737, Boeing 757-200. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
