Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) delays & on-time performance
Jacksonville, Florida · 41 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at JAX right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.8%
533 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
84 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 15 min
Figures cover 29,091 departures from JAX; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into JAX were on time 75% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.8% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (85% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (68%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (94% on time); around 8pm did worst (64%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).
Most delayed routes from JAX
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DCA · Washington72%1,464 flts
- BOS · Boston75%1,613 flts
- JFK · New York75%1,188 flts
- AUS · Austin77%650 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth78%1,833 flts
- ORD · Chicago78%2,116 flts
- EWR · Newark79%1,377 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia79%1,564 flts
- MDW · Chicago80%416 flts
- BWI · Baltimore81%1,385 flts
Most reliable routes from JAX
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- IAD · Washington89%777 flts
- STL · St. Louis88%507 flts
- IAH · Houston88%693 flts
- DTW · Detroit87%637 flts
- ATL · Atlanta85%4,046 flts
- LGA · New York83%628 flts
- DEN · Denver82%1,020 flts
- BNA · Nashville81%1,112 flts
- CLT · Charlotte81%1,939 flts
- MIA · Miami81%1,492 flts
Best airline at JAX
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 85% | 1.9% | 14 min | 7 | 5,241 |
| United Airlines | 84% | 1.0% | 15 min | 5 | 4,018 |
| Republic Airways | 81% | 2.9% | 18 min | 9 | 2,316 |
| Southwest Airlines | 80% | 1.0% | 12 min | 10 | 4,718 |
| American Airlines | 79% | 1.8% | 19 min | 10 | 7,031 |
| Envoy Air | 79% | 0.5% | 13 min | 3 | 954 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 79% | 2.3% | 28 min | 3 | 574 |
| JetBlue | 73% | 4.5% | 20 min | 4 | 1,753 |
| PSA Airlines | 73% | 4.2% | 34 min | 4 | 784 |
| Allegiant Air | 68% | 0.4% | 38 min | 13 | 1,038 |
| Frontier Airlines | 66% | 3.0% | 29 min | 4 | 664 |
Best time to fly out of JAX
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am94%807 flts
- 6am92%2,922 flts
- 7am91%3,026 flts
- 8am91%1,679 flts
- 9am89%1,658 flts
- 10am86%1,169 flts
- 11am86%2,781 flts
- 12pm76%1,255 flts
- 1pm81%1,432 flts
- 2pm73%1,727 flts
- 3pm71%1,221 flts
- 4pm67%1,931 flts
- 5pm69%2,061 flts
- 6pm70%1,930 flts
- 7pm69%2,204 flts
- 8pm64%905 flts
- 9pm62%316 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft43%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
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.