American Airlines LAX to JFK on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to New York · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.5%
82 flights
Avg arrival delay
28 min
116 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 79% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on LAX to JFK arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.5% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (46%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft46%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on LAX to JFK
- JetBlue80% on time · 15 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines81% on time · 18 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines79% on time · 16 min avg delay
Full LAX to JFK comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
3,272 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 82 cancelled, 33 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.