OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

New York

Data through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate73%flights departing here that arrived on time
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 departures is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.1%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time79%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 102,858 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

As a connection hub

Arriving here (inbound performance)

These figures reflect inbound flights arriving at this airport — relevant for connections and layovers.

74%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time74%
  • 15–59 min late13%
  • 1–2 hr late5%
  • 2 hr+ late4%
  • Cancelled or diverted3%

Arrival outcomes for inbound flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted.

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 55 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • American Airlinesbest
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights14,373
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights29,873
  • Republic Airways
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel4.7%
    Flights14,602
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights34,195
  • Hawaiian Airlines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights216
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.2%
    Flights2,138
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights3,694

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When it gets busy

Busiest times at JFK

Historically, departures at JFK peak 5–10 a.m. — 31% of scheduled flights leave in that block.

  • 5–10 a.m.31%
  • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.20%
  • 2–5 p.m.19%
  • 5–8 p.m.18%
  • 8 p.m.–midnight13%

Share of 344,714 scheduled departures by planned departure time, 2023-06 .. 2026-05. Historical averages from BTS data — not live airport status.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline19%
  • Weather56%
  • Air traffic (NAS)25%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 3,182 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Where flights go

Busiest routes

JFK → LAX→JFK → SFO→JFK → BOS→JFK → MCO→JFK → FLL→JFK → SJU→JFK → MIA→JFK → LAS→JFK → RDU→JFK → BUF→

Side by side

Compare this airport

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.