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Airport month · January 2026
Jacksonville International in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,156 domestic departures from Jacksonville International (JAX). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.8% reached their destination on time; 4.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so JAX departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 2,238 departures with 79.4% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at JAX that month were on time 74.7% of the time (2,153 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 78.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
- Cancelled 4.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | JAX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.8% | 79.4% | 78.0% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 78.8% | 79.4% | 78.3% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 4.5% | 4.2% | 1.8% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.2 min | 16.0 min | 18.1 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 72 | 75 | 80 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,156 | 2,238 | 29,091 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 499 | 23% | 72.5% | 9.8 min | 7.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 419 | 19% | 83.3% | 3.2 min | 2.9% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 319 | 15% | 86.2% | -2.5 min | 3.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 317 | 15% | 82.0% | 3.8 min | 2.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 131 | 6% | 83.2% | -4.0 min | 5.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 130 | 6% | 75.4% | 7.4 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 101 | 5% | 76.2% | 6.7 min | 5.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 99 | 5% | 68.7% | 16.1 min | 7.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 63 | 3% | 73.0% | 9.1 min | 3.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 47 | 2% | 63.8% | 14.4 min | 8.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 31 | 1% | 83.9% | 6.5 min | 9.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAX–ATL | Jacksonville to Atlanta | 313 | 85.6% | -0.8 min | 2.6% |
| JAX–CLT | Jacksonville to Charlotte | 160 | 74.4% | 10.8 min | 7.5% |
| JAX–ORD | Jacksonville to Chicago | 160 | 66.9% | 13.1 min | 0.0% |
| JAX–DCA | Jacksonville to Washington | 147 | 69.4% | 8.6 min | 8.8% |
| JAX–DFW | Jacksonville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 140 | 74.3% | 12.9 min | 8.6% |
| JAX–MIA | Jacksonville to Miami | 129 | 76.0% | 6.8 min | 1.6% |
| JAX–EWR | Jacksonville to Newark | 116 | 83.6% | 2.9 min | 6.0% |
| JAX–PHL | Jacksonville to Philadelphia | 115 | 80.0% | -0.6 min | 7.0% |
| JAX–BWI | Jacksonville to Baltimore | 101 | 87.1% | -3.7 min | 3.0% |
| JAX–BOS | Jacksonville to Boston | 96 | 70.8% | 17.5 min | 5.2% |
| JAX–DEN | Jacksonville to Denver | 88 | 93.2% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| JAX–JFK | Jacksonville to New York | 75 | 72.0% | 7.8 min | 6.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left JAX on time in January 2026?
78.8% of 2,156 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 79.4% of 2,238 departures left on time and 4.2% were cancelled, against 78.8% and 4.5% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.