John F. Kennedy International in October 2023

83.0%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 10,920 domestic departures from John F. Kennedy International (JFK). 83.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so JFK departures were 0.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at JFK that month were on time 83.3% of the time (10,913 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from JFK in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	JFK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	83.0%	—	75.5%	83.8%
Arrived on time	81.1%	—	72.8%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	3.5%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.2 min	—	18.2 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	364	—	281	19,966
Scheduled departures	10,920	—	102,683	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	3,333	31%	67.2%	14.8 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,558	23%	85.8%	-6.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	1,558	14%	90.3%	-7.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	1,455	13%	90.7%	-9.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	1,192	11%	85.6%	-6.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	421	4%	77.7%	8.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	372	3%	87.6%	-9.6 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	31	0%	61.3%	35.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JFK–LAX	New York to Los Angeles	882	76.3%	1.7 min	0.1%
JFK–SFO	New York to San Francisco	657	84.9%	-7.1 min	0.0%
JFK–BOS	New York to Boston	502	80.3%	5.6 min	0.0%
JFK–MIA	New York to Miami	412	82.3%	-1.0 min	0.2%
JFK–RDU	New York to Raleigh/Durham	403	87.1%	-6.2 min	0.0%
JFK–MCO	New York to Orlando	375	76.3%	10.2 min	0.3%
JFK–ATL	New York to Atlanta	338	79.9%	3.3 min	0.0%
JFK–CLT	New York to Charlotte	314	92.4%	-8.5 min	0.0%
JFK–LAS	New York to Las Vegas	298	78.9%	1.5 min	0.0%
JFK–FLL	New York to Fort Lauderdale	278	69.4%	12.1 min	0.0%
JFK–SEA	New York to Seattle	278	82.0%	-5.0 min	0.0%
JFK–AUS	New York to Austin	266	80.1%	2.9 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	56.3%	41.3%	71,576
Late-arriving aircraft	23.8%	40.5%	30,315
National Aviation System	19.1%	14.4%	24,300
Extreme weather	0.6%	3.7%	805
Security	0.1%	0.2%	132

127,128 delay minutes on 2,043 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 JFK on time in October 2023?

83.0% of 10,920 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for JFK · methodology · corrections.