On-Time Report

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Carrier month · December 2025

JetBlue Airways in December 2025

62.0%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 December 2025, JetBlue Airways (B6) reported 20,560 scheduled domestic flights. 62.0% arrived on time, 2.8% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 71.9% on time and 1.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 9.9 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, it reported 20,771 flights with 68.3% on time: a change of −6.3 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 22%.

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

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

MeasureDec 2025Dec 2024B6, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Dec 2025
Arrived on time62.0%68.3%69.9%71.9%
Departed on time63.3%68.9%71.1%72.0%
Cancelled2.8%1.1%3.1%1.5%
Average arrival delay21.9 min15.7 min12.7 min13.0 min
Scheduled flights a day68569265019,410
Scheduled flights20,56020,771237,090582,304

57 airports and 305 routes had B6 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BOS Boston3,06658.6%22.8 min2.3%
JFK New York2,96559.3%23.3 min4.4%
FLL Fort Lauderdale2,28557.5%25.1 min2.2%
MCO Orlando1,72763.3%21.2 min1.7%
SJU San Juan1,09771.3%12.6 min2.2%
PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach91064.2%21.3 min2.5%
LAX Los Angeles75668.4%13.7 min2.5%
DCA Washington57660.2%29.9 min1.7%
EWR Newark45855.7%26.1 min3.7%
HPN White Plains45859.8%32.1 min3.1%
TPA Tampa43566.2%17.0 min1.8%
RSW Fort Myers40469.6%17.6 min3.0%
BDL Hartford39059.7%22.8 min1.8%
LGA New York38248.4%28.7 min4.2%
SFO San Francisco34075.6%13.0 min1.5%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Dec 2025Minutes
Air carrier30.3%33.3%166,259
Late-arriving aircraft45.2%41.1%248,367
National Aviation System21.5%19.1%118,027
Extreme weather2.8%6.4%15,109
Security0.2%0.2%1,325
549,087 delay minutes on 7,210 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 December 2025?

62.0% of 20,560 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 71.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024 the carrier reported 20,771 flights with 68.3% on time and 1.1% cancelled, against 62.0% and 2.8% in December 2025.

Provenance

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