OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Nantucket to New York

199 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ACK–JFK arrive on time 63% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate63%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay95 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.4%of scheduled flights

based on 278 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p90105 min
    Cancel3.8%
    Flights186
  • Republic Airways
    On-time55%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel8.7%
    Flights92

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline34%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)48%
  • Late aircraft15%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline7%
  • Weather33%
  • Air traffic (NAS)60%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 15 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ACK → JFK

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 73% on time.

  • Middays73% on time · p90 95 min · 444 flights
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 135 min · 233 flights
  • Afternoons59% on time · p90 100 min · 403 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 56% to 71% on time.

  • Tuesdays71% on time · p90 70 min · 145 flights · limited
  • Saturdays67% on time · p90 140 min · 169 flights · limited
  • Fridays66% on time · p90 105 min · 158 flights · limited
  • Thursdays66% on time · p90 115 min · 157 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays66% on time · p90 55 min · 142 flights · limited
  • Mondays64% on time · p90 100 min · 153 flights · limited
  • Sundays56% on time · p90 140 min · 156 flights · limited

Keep exploring

Related pages

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.