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JetBlue JFK to LAX on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.6%
89 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
71 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • JetBlue flights on JFK to LAX arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.6% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 71.2% on time, 3.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 84.0% on time, 0.3% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 84.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 67.7% on time, 1.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.4% on time, 4.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 67.1% on time, 2.5% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 70.9% on time, 4.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 72.7% on time, 7.3% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 85.7% on time, 0.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 77.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 81.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 65.8% on time, 0.4% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 62.1% on time, 9.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft43%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion27%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on JFK to LAX

Full JFK to LAX comparison →
JetBlue on-time record across all routes →

3,478 JetBlue flights tracked on this route; 89 cancelled, 5 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.