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JetBlue on-time performance

419 routes · 75 airports · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.1%
7,245 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
75 min when late
US airline rank
#14 of 14
by on-time arrival

Key facts

  • JetBlue flights arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 3.1% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #14 of 14 US airlines for on-time arrivals.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (44%).

Monthly trend

50%75%100%July 2025: 66.3% on time, 5.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 75.3% on time, 0.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 79.2% on time, 0.6% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 74.6% on time, 1.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 75.1% on time, 3.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 63.9% on time, 2.8% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 68.4% on time, 6.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 67.7% on time, 7.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 70.0% on time, 2.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 75.9% on time, 0.1% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 81.4% on time, 0.2% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.1% on time, 1.5% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 62.2% on time, 9.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

JetBlue's most delayed routes

JetBlue's most reliable routes

JetBlue at its biggest airports

Departures operated by this airline at each airport.

AirportOn timeCancelledAvg delayDepartures
BOS Boston72%3.0%21 min37,422
JFK New York72%4.0%21 min35,450
FLL Fort Lauderdale67%2.5%23 min23,603
MCO Orlando71%2.4%23 min18,752
SJU San Juan74%2.3%21 min11,960
PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach72%3.4%23 min9,000
LAX Los Angeles77%2.2%17 min7,705
DCA Washington69%3.4%26 min6,699
HPN White Plains76%2.6%20 min5,287
TPA Tampa74%2.9%20 min5,168
EWR Newark75%3.3%21 min5,087
LGA New York67%3.9%28 min4,471
SFO San Francisco77%1.8%19 min4,449
RSW Fort Myers73%2.9%25 min4,041
LAS Las Vegas78%2.1%19 min3,970

Why flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft44%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion25%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Why flights were cancelled

  • Extreme weather47%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion32%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)21%
  • Security0%

Busiest JetBlue routes

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.