Cheap Flights To Newark

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Cheap Flights To Newark

Newark, the largest city in New Jersey with a population of 273,546, is just two miles from New York City, part of the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area. Visitors arriving on cheap flights to Newark will fly into Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), the first major airport established in the New York area. This airport features a wide range of services that include everything from food, shopping, and lodgings to immigration facilities and rental car agencies.

While Newark has its place in the busy metro area of New York, it has a unique identity of its own. A variety of activities and attractions in the city make it a destination in its own right, such as the Newark museum, home to an extensive collection of American art, a Tibetan art collection that is one of the world's finest, and countless other fascinating exhibits. Other Newark attractions include the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Branch Brook Park, and the Newark Black Film Festival.

Newark is a college town, with more than 44,000 students attending its colleges and universities. Among these are Rutgers University's Newark campus, a Berkeley College campus, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and Seton Hall University School of Law. Newark is served by an efficient mass transit system that includes light rail, commuter rail, bus routes, and taxi services, and comfortable rooms are available at the many cheap hotels in Newark.

The months of June through August are peak travel times into (EWR), when the winter snow and ice have given way to New Jersey's sunny and warm summer season. Average ticket prices to fly to Newark from San Francisco are about $550, and around $325 from Miami and Chicago, with better rates to be found by shopping cheap flights to Newark.