On-Time Report

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Carrier month · September 2024

JetBlue Airways in September 2024

81.5%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 2024, JetBlue Airways (B6) reported 18,350 scheduled domestic flights. 81.5% arrived on time, 0.4% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 83.9% on time and 0.6% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.4 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, it reported 21,412 flights with 60.5% on time: a change of +21.0 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 19%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023B6, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Sep 2024
Arrived on time81.5%60.5%69.9%83.9%
Departed on time81.9%61.3%71.1%84.4%
Cancelled0.4%3.4%3.1%0.6%
Average arrival delay2.3 min29.6 min12.7 min1.0 min
Scheduled flights a day61271465019,421
Scheduled flights18,35021,412237,090582,622

66 airports and 310 routes had B6 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BOS Boston3,49082.3%-0.8 min0.3%
JFK New York2,90181.6%-1.6 min0.3%
FLL Fort Lauderdale1,26776.6%6.4 min0.2%
MCO Orlando1,19781.5%3.0 min0.0%
LGA New York75079.1%4.2 min0.4%
LAX Los Angeles68489.6%-8.5 min0.0%
DCA Washington66383.3%-0.7 min0.2%
SJU San Juan62982.8%6.7 min0.5%
PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach50184.2%3.3 min0.0%
HPN White Plains45087.1%-1.2 min0.7%
EWR Newark37486.9%-6.9 min0.8%
SFO San Francisco35482.8%3.3 min0.0%
TPA Tampa35074.6%9.7 min4.6%
BUF Buffalo28684.3%-1.1 min0.0%
RDU Raleigh/Durham27678.6%11.0 min0.0%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier49.9%38.6%114,875
Late-arriving aircraft28.0%38.4%64,374
National Aviation System19.0%18.2%43,759
Extreme weather3.1%4.8%7,085
Security0.1%0.1%144
230,237 delay minutes on 3,260 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 2024?

81.5% of 18,350 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 83.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023 the carrier reported 21,412 flights with 60.5% on time and 3.4% cancelled, against 81.5% and 0.4% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.