On-Time Report

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Carrier month · May 2025

JetBlue Airways in May 2025

73.4%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 May 2025, JetBlue Airways (B6) reported 19,663 scheduled domestic flights. 73.4% arrived on time, 0.5% were cancelled and 0.5% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 75.4% on time and 1.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.0 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, it reported 21,246 flights with 74.5% on time: a change of −1.1 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, national aviation system 36% and air carrier 23%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by JetBlue Airways in May 2025.

May 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

MeasureMay 2025May 2024B6, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, May 2025
Arrived on time73.4%74.5%69.9%75.4%
Departed on time75.9%73.5%71.1%76.7%
Cancelled0.5%0.5%3.1%1.0%
Average arrival delay9.8 min9.6 min12.7 min10.2 min
Scheduled flights a day65570865020,188
Scheduled flights19,66321,246237,090605,648

64 airports and 295 routes had B6 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BOS Boston3,41778.0%3.8 min0.4%
JFK New York3,19072.5%7.7 min0.4%
MCO Orlando1,51365.7%21.9 min0.7%
FLL Fort Lauderdale1,34474.9%8.2 min0.4%
SJU San Juan95982.8%4.1 min0.0%
PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach67171.4%15.8 min0.4%
LAX Los Angeles65679.1%-0.1 min0.0%
DCA Washington56266.2%23.2 min0.4%
EWR Newark51957.8%21.5 min3.3%
TPA Tampa46770.2%12.5 min0.2%
HPN White Plains46578.3%5.8 min0.2%
SFO San Francisco39075.6%6.5 min0.0%
LGA New York37062.4%22.9 min0.8%
BUF Buffalo32180.1%5.5 min0.0%
BDL Hartford31879.6%1.9 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, May 2025Minutes
Air carrier22.6%29.3%82,398
Late-arriving aircraft37.9%37.8%138,553
National Aviation System36.3%25.9%132,723
Extreme weather3.2%6.9%11,568
Security0.0%0.1%137
365,379 delay minutes on 5,025 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 May 2025?

73.4% of 19,663 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 75.4% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024 the carrier reported 21,246 flights with 74.5% on time and 0.5% cancelled, against 73.4% and 0.5% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for JetBlue Airways · methodology · corrections.