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EWR Newark ⇄ MAN Manchester

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

Distance5,383 km3,345 mi2,907 nautical miles
EWR → MAN6 h 45 minestimated block time
MAN → EWR7 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hManchester vs Newark, today
Great-circle route from Newark (EWR) to Manchester (MAN)EWRNewarkMANManchester
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 → MAN

6 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 49° (NE).

Leave Newark Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Manchester Sat 7 Nov, 21:45 local.

MAN → EWR

7 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 286° (WNW).

Leave Manchester Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Newark Sat 7 Nov, 12:40 local.

EWR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 60 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 distance5,383 km · 3,345 mi · 2,907 nmi
Initial heading49° (NE) from EWR; 286° (WNW) from MAN
Farthest from the equator54.9°N
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
MANEurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceManchester is 4 hours ahead of Newark today.

Jet lag, flying EWR → MAN. 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 MAN Manchester AirportManchester, United Kingdom · longest runway 10,007 ft3,050 m

More routes from EWR and MAN

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 LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min MANPMI Manchester – Palma de Mallorca 1,581 km982 mi · 2 h 50 min MANFAO Manchester – Faro 1,869 km1,161 mi · 3 h 15 min MANTFS Manchester – Tenerife 3,048 km1,894 mi · 4 h 40 min DXBMAN Dubai – Manchester 5,656 km3,515 mi · 8 h MANCUN Manchester – Cancún 7,794 km4,843 mi · 10 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

JFKLIS New York – Lisbon 5,404 km3,358 mi · 6 h 35 min SINHND Singapore – Tokyo 5,300 km3,293 mi · 6 h 50 min DOHBKK Doha – Bangkok 5,280 km3,281 mi · 6 h 45 min DXBLHR Dubai – London 5,498 km3,417 mi · 7 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).