On-Time Report

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Carrier month · September 2025

JetBlue Airways in September 2025

78.5%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 2025, JetBlue Airways (B6) reported 16,215 scheduled domestic flights. 78.5% arrived on time, 0.6% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 82.8% on time and 0.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 4.3 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, it reported 18,350 flights with 81.5% on time: a change of −3.0 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 40%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and air carrier 25%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2025Sep 2024B6, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Sep 2025
Arrived on time78.5%81.5%69.9%82.8%
Departed on time78.3%81.9%71.1%83.1%
Cancelled0.6%0.4%3.1%0.5%
Average arrival delay3.9 min2.3 min12.7 min2.3 min
Scheduled flights a day54161265018,748
Scheduled flights16,21518,350237,090562,439

68 airports and 308 routes had B6 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BOS Boston2,87280.5%-0.7 min0.9%
JFK New York2,84478.7%2.9 min0.6%
MCO Orlando1,18579.2%4.0 min0.4%
FLL Fort Lauderdale1,07781.6%1.0 min0.2%
SJU San Juan64875.9%7.1 min0.0%
LAX Los Angeles62183.9%-5.5 min0.2%
DCA Washington52464.9%21.2 min0.6%
PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach45379.7%1.0 min0.7%
HPN White Plains43886.5%-2.7 min0.5%
SFO San Francisco37085.4%-3.2 min0.0%
TPA Tampa34879.6%1.4 min0.6%
LGA New York33082.4%4.2 min0.3%
EWR Newark32986.6%-0.9 min0.9%
LAS Las Vegas27571.3%9.6 min1.1%
BUF Buffalo27282.7%4.0 min0.7%

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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Sep 2025Minutes
Air carrier24.7%34.3%57,462
Late-arriving aircraft31.6%37.4%73,393
National Aviation System40.3%22.6%93,611
Extreme weather3.2%5.6%7,403
Security0.2%0.1%461
232,330 delay minutes on 3,347 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 2025?

78.5% of 16,215 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 82.8% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024 the carrier reported 18,350 flights with 81.5% on time and 0.4% cancelled, against 78.5% and 0.6% in September 2025.

Provenance

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