OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Las Vegas to New York

2,248 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LAS–JFK arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.4%of scheduled flights

based on 3,670 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights1,682
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights214
  • American Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights401
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights1,373

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline34%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)27%
  • Late aircraft35%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline34%
  • Weather53%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 88 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 LAS → JFK

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 2,697 flights
  • Overnights75% on time · p90 55 min · 2,942 flights
  • Middays73% on time · p90 55 min · 3,099 flights
  • Afternoons72% on time · p90 65 min · 1,774 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 82% on time.

  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 40 min · 1,461 flights
  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 1,459 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 1,344 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 55 min · 1,563 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 55 min · 1,567 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 1,564 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 60 min · 1,569 flights

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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.