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EWR Newark ⇄ LIS Lisbon

Newark Liberty International Airport (United States) and Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (Portugal): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance5,434 km3,376 mi2,934 nautical miles
EWR → LIS6 h 40 minestimated block time
LIS → EWR7 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hLisbon vs Newark, today
Great-circle route from Newark (EWR) to Lisbon (LIS)EWRNewarkLISLisbon
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

EWR → LIS

6 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 70° (ENE).

Leave Newark Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Lisbon Sat 7 Nov, 21:40 local.

LIS → EWR

7 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 294° (WNW).

Leave Lisbon Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Newark Sat 7 Nov, 12:55 local.

EWR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 80 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance5,434 km · 3,376 mi · 2,934 nmi
Initial heading70° (ENE) from EWR; 294° (WNW) from LIS
Farthest from the equator44.6°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip27% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

EWRAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
LISEurope/Lisbon — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceLisbon is 4 hours ahead of Newark today.

Jet lag, flying EWR → LIS. Your body clock has to move 4 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 4 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

EWR Newark Liberty International AirportNewark, United States · longest runway 11,000 ft3,353 m LIS Lisbon Humberto Delgado AirportLisbon, Portugal · longest runway 12,500 ft3,810 m

Same cities, other airports

JFKLIS New York – Lisbon 5,404 km3,358 mi · 6 h 35 min

More routes from EWR and LIS

EWRORD Newark – Chicago 1,154 km717 mi · 2 h 30 min EWRDEN Newark – Denver 2,576 km1,601 mi · 4 h 20 min EWRSFO Newark – San Francisco 4,118 km2,559 mi · 6 h 15 min EWRLHR Newark – London 5,562 km3,456 mi · 6 h 55 min EWRFRA Newark – Frankfurt 6,211 km3,859 mi · 7 h 35 min SINEWR Singapore – Newark 15,337 km9,530 mi · 18 h 30 min MADLIS Madrid – Lisbon 513 km319 mi · 1 h 40 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min LHRLIS London – Lisbon 1,564 km972 mi · 2 h 55 min JFKLIS New York – Lisbon 5,404 km3,358 mi · 6 h 35 min GIGLIS Rio de Janeiro – Lisbon 7,715 km4,794 mi · 9 h 40 min GRULIS São Paulo – Lisbon 7,935 km4,930 mi · 9 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

DXBLHR Dubai – London 5,498 km3,417 mi · 7 h 50 min AUHLHR Abu Dhabi – London 5,516 km3,427 mi · 7 h 50 min YULCDG Montreal – Paris 5,524 km3,433 mi · 6 h 50 min BOSCDG Boston – Paris 5,535 km3,439 mi · 6 h 50 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).