JetBlue Airways in April 2026

75.6%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 April 2026, JetBlue Airways (B6) reported 20,650 scheduled domestic flights. 75.6% arrived on time, 0.1% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 78.9% on time and 0.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.3 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, it reported 20,002 flights with 82.0% on time: a change of −6.4 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 24%.

On time 75.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.0%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by JetBlue Airways in April 2026.

April 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	B6, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Apr 2026
Arrived on time	75.6%	82.0%	69.9%	78.9%
Departed on time	78.5%	82.5%	71.1%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.2%	3.1%	0.9%
Average arrival delay	7.0 min	-0.7 min	12.7 min	4.8 min
Scheduled flights a day	688	667	650	19,931
Scheduled flights	20,650	20,002	237,090	597,919

59 airports and 321 routes had B6 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BOS Boston	3,310	75.7%	5.7 min	0.0%
JFK New York	2,902	79.1%	1.7 min	0.0%
FLL Fort Lauderdale	2,213	64.6%	16.2 min	0.1%
MCO Orlando	1,707	74.2%	10.9 min	0.1%
SJU San Juan	1,027	78.0%	5.6 min	0.2%
PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	902	64.3%	20.4 min	0.3%
LAX Los Angeles	595	80.8%	0.0 min	0.0%
DCA Washington	543	72.9%	12.6 min	0.7%
RSW Fort Myers	515	80.6%	6.0 min	0.2%
EWR Newark	465	82.2%	-2.3 min	0.0%
HPN White Plains	450	71.3%	12.8 min	0.4%
TPA Tampa	433	78.5%	6.6 min	0.2%
LAS Las Vegas	396	78.8%	4.1 min	0.0%
LGA New York	380	67.1%	16.9 min	0.0%
BDL Hartford	370	74.1%	9.7 min	0.0%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	24.4%	33.5%	73,298
Late-arriving aircraft	46.1%	40.4%	138,877
National Aviation System	28.5%	21.0%	85,712
Extreme weather	0.8%	5.0%	2,411
Security	0.2%	0.1%	636

300,934 delay minutes on 4,965 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of JetBlue Airways flights were on time in April 2026?

75.6% of 20,650 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025 the carrier reported 20,002 flights with 82.0% on time and 0.2% cancelled, against 75.6% and 0.1% in April 2026.

Provenance

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