On-Time Report

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Carrier month · August 2024

JetBlue Airways in August 2024

60.7%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 2024, JetBlue Airways (B6) reported 20,498 scheduled domestic flights. 60.7% arrived on time, 4.5% were cancelled and 0.6% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 74.7% on time and 2.1% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 14.0 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, it reported 22,895 flights with 61.6% on time: a change of −0.9 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 22%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by JetBlue Airways in August 2024.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

MeasureAug 2024Aug 2023B6, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Aug 2024
Arrived on time60.7%61.6%69.9%74.7%
Departed on time62.0%61.2%71.1%75.4%
Cancelled4.5%2.9%3.1%2.1%
Average arrival delay26.1 min24.4 min12.7 min10.6 min
Scheduled flights a day68376365020,634
Scheduled flights20,49822,895237,090619,025

66 airports and 309 routes had B6 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BOS Boston3,59662.0%23.8 min3.6%
JFK New York3,22053.7%27.7 min6.4%
MCO Orlando1,49758.0%29.3 min3.6%
FLL Fort Lauderdale1,45260.9%23.8 min2.3%
SJU San Juan98864.2%26.3 min2.7%
LGA New York81256.8%37.5 min7.1%
LAX Los Angeles73972.7%9.9 min1.9%
DCA Washington71265.4%22.3 min3.8%
PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach56462.9%23.9 min4.1%
EWR Newark50862.8%18.1 min6.5%
HPN White Plains46571.6%15.3 min2.6%
TPA Tampa43362.1%25.2 min7.6%
SFO San Francisco35066.0%25.0 min2.6%
RDU Raleigh/Durham30366.0%25.6 min4.3%
BUF Buffalo28067.5%15.2 min4.6%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Aug 2024Minutes
Air carrier37.7%33.8%239,274
Late-arriving aircraft37.4%39.8%237,584
National Aviation System21.6%20.4%136,924
Extreme weather3.2%5.9%20,181
Security0.1%0.1%910
634,873 delay minutes on 7,019 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 August 2024?

60.7% of 20,498 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 74.7% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023 the carrier reported 22,895 flights with 61.6% on time and 2.9% cancelled, against 60.7% and 4.5% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for JetBlue Airways · methodology · corrections.