On-Time Report

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Carrier month · October 2024

JetBlue Airways in October 2024

83.6%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 October 2024, JetBlue Airways (B6) reported 19,694 scheduled domestic flights. 83.6% arrived on time, 2.5% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 85.8% on time and 1.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.2 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, it reported 22,066 flights with 73.9% on time: a change of +9.7 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 19%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2024Oct 2023B6, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Oct 2024
Arrived on time83.6%73.9%69.9%85.8%
Departed on time82.6%73.5%71.1%85.5%
Cancelled2.5%0.2%3.1%1.0%
Average arrival delay-3.6 min11.3 min12.7 min-1.3 min
Scheduled flights a day65773665020,517
Scheduled flights19,69422,066237,090615,497

64 airports and 323 routes had B6 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BOS Boston3,76883.2%-3.2 min1.6%
JFK New York2,98885.8%-8.4 min1.3%
FLL Fort Lauderdale1,42484.0%-1.9 min0.9%
MCO Orlando1,31580.8%-4.4 min7.8%
SJU San Juan74580.7%4.0 min2.3%
LGA New York73378.2%0.6 min3.5%
LAX Los Angeles72292.1%-11.8 min0.0%
DCA Washington71483.1%-3.7 min3.4%
PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach64280.2%-0.8 min5.3%
HPN White Plains45986.5%-10.8 min5.4%
EWR Newark40283.3%-2.8 min5.0%
TPA Tampa39978.2%-4.7 min10.0%
SFO San Francisco34890.5%-9.0 min0.0%
LAS Las Vegas32889.9%-10.9 min0.0%
BUF Buffalo32587.1%-4.0 min1.2%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Oct 2024Minutes
Air carrier50.9%42.7%80,570
Late-arriving aircraft29.6%37.4%46,862
National Aviation System18.6%16.3%29,450
Extreme weather0.6%3.4%1,027
Security0.2%0.2%394
158,303 delay minutes on 2,717 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 October 2024?

83.6% of 19,694 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 85.8% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023 the carrier reported 22,066 flights with 73.9% on time and 0.2% cancelled, against 83.6% and 2.5% in October 2024.

Provenance

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