Route · SFO → JFK
Flights from San Francisco to New York
One of the busiest domestic corridors in the United States, the San Francisco–New York JFK run covers roughly 2,580 miles and carries a typical block time of just over five hours eastbound, though westbound legs often stretch closer to six hours fighting the jet stream. American, Delta, United, Alaska, and JetBlue all compete aggressively here, with narrowbody Airbus A321s and Boeing 737s handling the bulk of flying alongside widebody A321XLRs and occasionally reconfigured long-haul jets on premium-focused services. A practical note worth keeping in mind: JFK is a multi-terminal airport, and JetBlue operates exclusively from Terminal 5 while Delta uses Terminal 4, so confirm your terminal before booking a tight connection or pre-arranging car service. On fares, Tuesday and Wednesday departures tend to offer the softest pricing, and shoulder-season windows in January and September historically yield the most room to negotiate on both economy and lie-flat business seats.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for San Francisco (SFO) → New York (JFK). Use the… year view to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
7 carriersThe 7 carriers we currently track on the San Francisco–New York route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full… profile, baggage rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from San Francisco to New York
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from San Francisco to New York — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival… times your booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at SFO and… JFK, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.