Jacksonville International in April 2026

83.2%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,487 domestic departures from Jacksonville International (JAX). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so JAX departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 2,358 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at JAX that month were on time 79.7% of the time (2,487 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 83.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	JAX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	83.2%	81.0%	78.0%	79.1%
Arrived on time	83.8%	81.1%	78.3%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.2%	1.8%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	16.8 min	18.1 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	83	79	80	19,931
Scheduled departures	2,487	2,358	29,091	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	580	23%	83.4%	-1.3 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	411	17%	79.3%	4.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	399	16%	88.5%	-4.5 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	381	15%	89.5%	-7.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	289	12%	84.4%	-0.4 min	1.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	154	6%	83.8%	-1.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	94	4%	69.1%	25.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	73	3%	82.2%	1.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	53	2%	64.2%	13.2 min	5.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	30	1%	93.3%	-7.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	23	1%	87.0%	-6.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAX–ATL	Jacksonville to Atlanta	331	88.2%	-4.8 min	0.6%
JAX–ORD	Jacksonville to Chicago	179	81.6%	-2.3 min	2.2%
JAX–CLT	Jacksonville to Charlotte	176	87.5%	-0.6 min	0.0%
JAX–BOS	Jacksonville to Boston	150	83.3%	1.7 min	0.0%
JAX–DFW	Jacksonville to Dallas/Fort Worth	144	75.7%	1.1 min	2.1%
JAX–PHL	Jacksonville to Philadelphia	137	88.3%	-4.6 min	0.7%
JAX–BWI	Jacksonville to Baltimore	123	76.4%	3.4 min	0.0%
JAX–EWR	Jacksonville to Newark	120	91.7%	-12.0 min	0.0%
JAX–DCA	Jacksonville to Washington	117	82.1%	-0.6 min	0.0%
JAX–MIA	Jacksonville to Miami	112	86.6%	-2.0 min	0.0%
JAX–BNA	Jacksonville to Nashville	102	80.4%	7.5 min	0.0%
JAX–DEN	Jacksonville to Denver	91	86.8%	-1.2 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.2%	33.5%	7,903
Late-arriving aircraft	45.3%	40.4%	10,466
National Aviation System	19.5%	21.0%	4,493
Extreme weather	0.8%	5.0%	184
Security	0.1%	0.1%	34

23,080 delay minutes on 386 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 April 2026?

83.2% of 2,487 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 81.0% of 2,358 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 83.2% and 0.5% in April 2026.

Provenance

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