JetBlue Airways in August 2023

61.6%arrived on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, JetBlue Airways (B6) reported 22,895 scheduled domestic flights. 61.6% arrived on time, 2.9% were cancelled and 0.5% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 76.9% on time and 1.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 15.3 points below the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 61.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 35.0%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by JetBlue Airways in August 2023.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	B6, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Aug 2023
Arrived on time	61.6%	—	69.9%	76.9%
Departed on time	61.2%	—	71.1%	76.7%
Cancelled	2.9%	—	3.1%	1.5%
Average arrival delay	24.4 min	—	12.7 min	8.4 min
Scheduled flights a day	763	—	650	20,100
Scheduled flights	22,895	—	237,090	602,987

68 airports and 371 routes had B6 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BOS Boston	3,614	61.4%	23.5 min	2.1%
JFK New York	3,466	58.2%	26.2 min	2.8%
MCO Orlando	1,535	52.5%	39.7 min	3.1%
FLL Fort Lauderdale	1,519	55.4%	29.1 min	4.0%
LGA New York	1,325	66.4%	14.2 min	3.0%
LAX Los Angeles	1,104	71.1%	8.9 min	1.3%
SJU San Juan	884	52.3%	43.0 min	2.9%
DCA Washington	714	64.8%	22.4 min	3.1%
EWR Newark	519	71.7%	12.0 min	2.7%
TPA Tampa	477	56.8%	22.5 min	10.3%
PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	458	66.2%	20.6 min	2.0%
SFO San Francisco	448	80.8%	-0.3 min	1.1%
HPN White Plains	403	73.2%	9.8 min	2.0%
RDU Raleigh/Durham	325	59.1%	29.2 min	3.4%
ATL Atlanta	309	60.8%	28.2 min	3.6%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of B6 flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	41.1%	36.7%	282,727
Late-arriving aircraft	42.7%	42.2%	293,648
National Aviation System	14.5%	15.7%	99,599
Extreme weather	1.6%	5.1%	11,043
Security	0.1%	0.2%	801

687,818 delay minutes on 8,016 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of JetBlue Airways flights were on time in August 2023?

61.6% of 22,895 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 76.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the carrier did not report that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for JetBlue Airways · methodology · corrections.