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JetBlue JFK to DTW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.9%
22 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • JetBlue flights on JFK to DTW arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.9% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (59%).

On-time trend by month

20%60%100%July 2025: 30.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 63.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 82.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 80.3% on time, 1.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 75.9% on time, 6.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 62.1% on time, 9.4% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 64.3% on time, 9.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 72.0% on time, 10.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 72.4% on time, 3.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 48.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 32.0% on time, 19.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft59%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on JFK to DTW

445 JetBlue flights tracked on this route; 22 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.