On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2026

Jacksonville International in February 2026

80.9%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,023 domestic departures from Jacksonville International (JAX). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so JAX departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 2,098 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.9 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at JAX that month were on time 77.5% of the time (2,025 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 16%.

Every scheduled departure from JAX in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2026Feb 2025JAX, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time80.9%81.8%78.0%78.1%
Arrived on time79.8%82.7%78.3%78.3%
Cancelled2.6%1.1%1.8%2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.2 min14.9 min18.1 min15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day67708017,168
Scheduled departures2,0232,09829,091515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines49524%79.6%8.3 min1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines40120%85.5%1.2 min1.7%
WN Southwest Airlines31716%80.1%2.2 min2.5%
UA United Airlines29915%84.6%0.6 min2.3%
YX Republic Airline1316%79.4%3.5 min5.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways1015%64.4%7.0 min10.9%
OH PSA Airlines874%73.6%20.5 min6.9%
MQ Envoy Air683%75.0%1.1 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air633%66.7%29.1 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines332%66.7%6.4 min3.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines281%78.6%1.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
JAX–ATLJacksonville to Atlanta30284.8%-0.7 min1.3%
JAX–CLTJacksonville to Charlotte15080.0%4.5 min2.0%
JAX–ORDJacksonville to Chicago15079.3%1.3 min0.7%
JAX–DFWJacksonville to Dallas/Fort Worth12584.0%5.3 min0.8%
JAX–DCAJacksonville to Washington12071.7%20.2 min1.7%
JAX–MIAJacksonville to Miami11379.6%4.7 min0.0%
JAX–EWRJacksonville to Newark10877.8%-0.4 min7.4%
JAX–PHLJacksonville to Philadelphia10275.5%13.4 min6.9%
JAX–BOSJacksonville to Boston10166.3%10.0 min8.9%
JAX–BWIJacksonville to Baltimore9272.8%3.3 min4.3%
JAX–BNAJacksonville to Nashville7884.6%3.6 min1.3%
JAX–DENJacksonville to Denver7779.2%14.0 min1.3%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2026Minutes
Air carrier37.8%38.2%10,026
Late-arriving aircraft39.6%37.2%10,503
National Aviation System15.6%18.5%4,128
Extreme weather7.0%6.0%1,854
Security0.1%0.2%31
26,542 delay minutes on 354 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

How many flights left JAX on time in February 2026?

80.9% of 2,023 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 81.8% of 2,098 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 80.9% and 2.6% in February 2026.

Provenance

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