United AirlinesUA
Flights UA522 varies Tu Th Sa
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Direct flights from New York (EWR) to Funchal (FNC): 3 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 3 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 5,103 km, an estimated 7 hours 3 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at New York and Funchal. Updated 15 September 2026 at 05:18 UTC.
EWR
New York
smooth · +0
FNC
Funchal
tracking
5,103 km · ~7h 03m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100
route health from live EWR and FNC delay boards
Median arrival delay is −3 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival−3 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~7h 03mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures3x1 direct airline on the leg
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsnext sweep in 120s
How the New York to Funchal route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop EWR to FNC flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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EWR to FNC questions
Is EWR–FNC running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from EWR to FNC?
Great-circle distance is 5,103 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 390–467 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does EWR–FNC fly?
United Airlines runs the route with about 3 flights a week (tue, thu, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at EWR and arrival-side delay at FNC, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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