John F. Kennedy International in November 2023

85.6%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 10,520 domestic departures from John F. Kennedy International (JFK). 85.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so JFK departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at JFK that month were on time 85.3% of the time (10,522 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 85.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	JFK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	85.6%	—	75.5%	86.0%
Arrived on time	85.7%	—	72.8%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	3.5%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.3 min	—	18.2 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	351	—	281	18,793
Scheduled departures	10,520	—	102,683	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	3,273	31%	76.7%	3.8 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,476	24%	88.4%	-6.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	1,575	15%	91.9%	-9.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	1,180	11%	88.7%	-9.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	1,154	11%	94.3%	-14.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	483	5%	87.0%	0.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	349	3%	84.5%	-4.7 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	30	0%	60.0%	17.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JFK–LAX	New York to Los Angeles	827	87.5%	-10.4 min	0.2%
JFK–SFO	New York to San Francisco	610	83.6%	-2.9 min	0.2%
JFK–BOS	New York to Boston	502	84.1%	-1.7 min	0.0%
JFK–MIA	New York to Miami	442	83.0%	1.1 min	0.0%
JFK–MCO	New York to Orlando	377	83.6%	-2.3 min	0.0%
JFK–RDU	New York to Raleigh/Durham	342	81.6%	2.0 min	0.0%
JFK–ATL	New York to Atlanta	309	83.5%	4.4 min	0.0%
JFK–FLL	New York to Fort Lauderdale	297	81.1%	-1.4 min	0.0%
JFK–CLT	New York to Charlotte	293	89.8%	-6.5 min	0.0%
JFK–SEA	New York to Seattle	273	83.9%	-2.1 min	0.0%
JFK–DCA	New York to Washington	269	90.7%	-16.8 min	0.0%
JFK–SJU	New York to San Juan	258	79.5%	6.7 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	58.1%	42.5%	55,049
Late-arriving aircraft	21.9%	37.3%	20,715
National Aviation System	18.5%	16.2%	17,526
Extreme weather	1.3%	3.7%	1,217
Security	0.2%	0.3%	184

94,691 delay minutes on 1,488 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 November 2023?

85.6% of 10,520 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.