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JetBlue JFK to DCA on-time performance

JetBlue nonstop flights from New York to Washington · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
54%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
5.8%
26 flights
Avg arrival delay
39 min
82 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 67% on time

Key facts

  • JetBlue flights on JFK to DCA arrived on time 54% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 5.8% were cancelled, and 22% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 67% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (37%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 37.5% on time, 22.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 56.7% on time, 3.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 69.8% on time, 1.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 53.6% on time, 1.7% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 45.5% on time, 6.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 51.6% on time, 3.1% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 48.1% on time, 12.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 42.3% on time, 7.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 56.7% on time, 3.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 58.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 44.8% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 15.0% on time, 33.3% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft37%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion33%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on JFK to DCA

445 JetBlue flights tracked on this route; 26 cancelled, 1 diverted.

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.