where is newark airport

Newark Airport—officially Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) —is in the state of New Jersey, in the cities of Newark and Elizabeth, just outside New York City.

Quick Scoop

• It sits about 4.5 miles (around 7 km) south of downtown Newark.

• It is roughly 9–15 miles west-southwest of Manhattan, depending on where in Manhattan you measure from.

• The airport straddles the boundary between Essex County (Newark) and Union County (Elizabeth).

• A commonly listed street address is 3 Brewster Road, Newark, NJ 07114 (you may also see 10 Toler Place used in some local references).

If you’re thinking of it in “New York trip” terms: it’s one of the three main airports serving the New York metropolitan area, alongside JFK and LaGuardia, just on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River.

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