Jacksonville International in December 2024

78.9%departed 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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,610 domestic departures from Jacksonville International (JAX). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so JAX departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 2,508 departures with 83.3% leaving on time: a change of −4.4 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at JAX that month were on time 75.0% of the time (2,611 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.9%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from JAX in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	JAX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	78.9%	83.3%	78.0%	77.8%
Arrived on time	78.1%	83.8%	78.3%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.1%	1.8%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	15.1 min	18.1 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	87	84	80	19,686
Scheduled departures	2,610	2,508	29,091	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	544	21%	79.8%	8.2 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	484	19%	78.5%	7.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	419	16%	80.4%	3.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	310	12%	81.6%	5.4 min	1.3%
YX Republic Airline	206	8%	73.3%	7.0 min	2.9%
MQ Envoy Air	174	7%	83.3%	1.0 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	170	7%	64.7%	18.2 min	1.8%
OH PSA Airlines	91	3%	75.8%	34.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	87	3%	75.9%	12.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	73	3%	80.8%	0.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	52	2%	67.3%	11.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAX–ATL	Jacksonville to Atlanta	380	79.5%	6.0 min	0.0%
JAX–CLT	Jacksonville to Charlotte	206	80.6%	3.3 min	0.0%
JAX–JFK	Jacksonville to New York	180	68.9%	15.4 min	0.6%
JAX–MIA	Jacksonville to Miami	162	85.2%	6.7 min	0.6%
JAX–DCA	Jacksonville to Washington	145	77.2%	22.4 min	0.0%
JAX–BOS	Jacksonville to Boston	137	75.2%	12.0 min	1.5%
JAX–DFW	Jacksonville to Dallas/Fort Worth	134	76.1%	7.3 min	3.7%
JAX–PHL	Jacksonville to Philadelphia	132	80.3%	17.7 min	0.0%
JAX–BWI	Jacksonville to Baltimore	131	77.9%	2.1 min	0.0%
JAX–ORD	Jacksonville to Chicago	131	82.4%	2.6 min	0.8%
JAX–EWR	Jacksonville to Newark	124	69.4%	13.3 min	4.8%
JAX–LGA	Jacksonville to New York	108	79.6%	2.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.5%	34.3%	13,413
Late-arriving aircraft	40.9%	40.2%	14,623
National Aviation System	20.2%	17.8%	7,218
Extreme weather	1.4%	7.5%	507
Security	0.0%	0.2%	11

35,772 delay minutes on 546 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

How many flights left JAX on time in December 2024?

78.9% of 2,610 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 83.3% of 2,508 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 0.7% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for JAX · methodology · corrections.