OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

St. Thomas to New York

1,623 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on STT–JFK arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.0%of scheduled flights

based on 432 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.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights186
  • American Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights246

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline56%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Late aircraft38%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline23%
  • Weather54%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Security8%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 13 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 STT → JFK

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 73% to 77% on time.

  • Middays77% on time · p90 50 min · 531 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 40 min · 918 flights
  • Evenings73% on time · p90 40 min · 168 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 82% on time.

  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 225 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 40 min · 226 flights
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 223 flights
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 55 min · 226 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 35 min · 229 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 50 min · 225 flights
  • Saturdays67% on time · p90 70 min · 263 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.