JetBlue Airways in December 2023

71.4%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 December 2023, JetBlue Airways (B6) reported 21,398 scheduled domestic flights. 71.4% arrived on time, 0.4% were cancelled and 0.4% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 83.8% on time and 0.4% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 12.4 points below the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 71.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.8%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	B6, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Dec 2023
Arrived on time	71.4%	—	69.9%	83.8%
Departed on time	70.9%	—	71.1%	83.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	3.1%	0.4%
Average arrival delay	11.9 min	—	12.7 min	0.5 min
Scheduled flights a day	713	—	650	19,013
Scheduled flights	21,398	—	237,090	570,394

62 airports and 333 routes had B6 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BOS Boston	3,241	74.2%	5.8 min	0.5%
JFK New York	3,201	71.0%	10.1 min	0.3%
MCO Orlando	1,706	71.5%	13.1 min	0.3%
FLL Fort Lauderdale	1,688	67.2%	14.1 min	0.1%
LGA New York	1,057	76.4%	3.3 min	0.4%
LAX Los Angeles	887	66.7%	15.6 min	0.0%
SJU San Juan	842	69.5%	15.4 min	0.1%
PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	788	73.0%	10.3 min	0.4%
DCA Washington	753	69.3%	16.2 min	1.1%
EWR Newark	610	70.3%	10.0 min	0.2%
TPA Tampa	543	75.9%	10.5 min	0.7%
HPN White Plains	428	72.9%	13.3 min	1.2%
SFO San Francisco	402	70.9%	12.2 min	0.2%
RSW Fort Myers	373	71.3%	19.4 min	1.3%
ATL Atlanta	312	68.6%	15.9 min	0.0%

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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	42.5%	37.1%	185,545
Late-arriving aircraft	39.6%	38.8%	172,804
National Aviation System	16.5%	17.6%	72,162
Extreme weather	1.3%	6.2%	5,786
Security	0.1%	0.3%	530

436,827 delay minutes on 5,948 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 December 2023?

71.4% of 21,398 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 83.8% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.