On-Time Report

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Carrier month · September 2023

JetBlue Airways in September 2023

60.5%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 September 2023, JetBlue Airways (B6) reported 21,412 scheduled domestic flights. 60.5% arrived on time, 3.4% were cancelled and 0.6% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 80.1% on time and 1.2% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 19.6 points below the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 19%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2023Year earlierB6, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Sep 2023
Arrived on time60.5%—69.9%80.1%
Departed on time61.3%—71.1%80.5%
Cancelled3.4%—3.1%1.2%
Average arrival delay29.6 min—12.7 min5.4 min
Scheduled flights a day714—65018,978
Scheduled flights21,412—237,090569,338

68 airports and 377 routes had B6 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BOS Boston3,60261.9%24.4 min3.4%
JFK New York3,23057.3%30.7 min3.8%
FLL Fort Lauderdale1,41559.0%26.1 min2.5%
MCO Orlando1,38657.4%35.4 min2.6%
LGA New York1,23461.6%24.9 min4.7%
LAX Los Angeles1,04064.9%22.2 min1.6%
DCA Washington71965.9%22.2 min3.8%
SJU San Juan64761.4%28.5 min1.2%
EWR Newark47867.4%26.9 min3.6%
SFO San Francisco45662.7%26.2 min1.5%
PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach45569.0%15.3 min3.1%
TPA Tampa42670.0%18.5 min2.8%
HPN White Plains41572.3%13.5 min3.1%
ATL Atlanta34158.7%37.8 min4.1%
BUF Buffalo32061.3%28.8 min3.1%

By scheduled departure hour

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Sep 2023Minutes
Air carrier38.8%36.4%287,818
Late-arriving aircraft39.0%38.3%289,043
National Aviation System18.8%19.9%139,848
Extreme weather3.3%5.1%24,419
Security0.1%0.2%946
742,074 delay minutes on 7,604 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

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

60.5% of 21,412 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 80.1% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.