Historical on-time performance
Salt Lake City to New York
1,990 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SLC–JFK arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights
based on 1,956 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesbestOn-time82%Medianon timep9035 minCancel0.5%Flights1,540
- JetBlue AirwaysOn-time73%Medianon timep9065 minCancel1.7%Flights416
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline40%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)27%
- Late aircraft31%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly SLC → JFK
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 82% on time.
- Mornings82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,132 flights
- Overnights77% on time · p90 55 min · 2,066 flights
- Evenings74% on time · p90 50 min · 1,194 flights
- Middays70% on time · p90 50 min · 535 flights
- Afternoons64% on time · p90 90 min · 1,074 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 78% on time.
- Tuesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 859 flights
- Wednesdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 856 flights
- Mondays76% on time · p90 45 min · 865 flights
- Fridays75% on time · p90 50 min · 852 flights
- Thursdays73% on time · p90 65 min · 847 flights
- Saturdays73% on time · p90 70 min · 859 flights
- Sundays71% on time · p90 65 min · 863 flights
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