Alaska Airlines JFK to SFO on-time performance
Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from New York to San Francisco · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.2%
24 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- Alaska Airlines flights on JFK to SFO arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.2% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (42%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion42%
- Late-arriving aircraft33%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)21%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security1%
Other airlines on JFK to SFO
- Delta Air Lines70% on time · 22 min avg delay
- JetBlue75% on time · 19 min avg delay
- American Airlines77% on time · 16 min avg delay
Full JFK to SFO comparison →
Alaska Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,108 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 24 cancelled, 3 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.