John F. Kennedy International in February 2024

82.6%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 9,242 domestic departures from John F. Kennedy International (JFK). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so JFK departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at JFK that month were on time 81.4% of the time (9,249 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 82.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.8%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from JFK in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	JFK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	82.6%	—	75.5%	84.0%
Arrived on time	82.6%	—	72.8%	83.4%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	3.5%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.1 min	—	18.2 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	308	—	281	17,307
Scheduled departures	9,242	—	102,683	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	2,664	29%	71.1%	8.8 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,217	24%	85.3%	-7.8 min	0.7%
9E Endeavor Air	1,410	15%	86.5%	-7.2 min	1.8%
YX Republic Airline	1,232	13%	91.5%	-14.3 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	1,210	13%	88.0%	-9.2 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	257	3%	89.1%	-10.6 min	1.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	223	2%	85.7%	-16.1 min	3.1%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	29	0%	69.0%	3.0 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JFK–LAX	New York to Los Angeles	721	86.1%	-6.0 min	0.7%
JFK–BOS	New York to Boston	471	83.9%	-0.8 min	1.9%
JFK–MIA	New York to Miami	471	77.3%	1.9 min	0.8%
JFK–SFO	New York to San Francisco	439	77.4%	-3.0 min	0.9%
JFK–MCO	New York to Orlando	333	78.7%	3.6 min	1.2%
JFK–FLL	New York to Fort Lauderdale	309	68.0%	12.9 min	2.6%
JFK–RDU	New York to Raleigh/Durham	292	87.0%	-7.7 min	1.0%
JFK–CLT	New York to Charlotte	245	89.8%	-11.1 min	0.8%
JFK–SJU	New York to San Juan	237	67.5%	14.1 min	0.8%
JFK–ATL	New York to Atlanta	233	84.1%	-2.1 min	0.9%
JFK–LAS	New York to Las Vegas	225	84.9%	-14.5 min	0.0%
JFK–PHX	New York to Phoenix	220	88.2%	-14.1 min	0.9%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.9%	35.9%	43,990
Late-arriving aircraft	26.3%	36.9%	26,967
National Aviation System	23.9%	21.7%	24,440
Extreme weather	6.7%	5.3%	6,815
Security	0.3%	0.3%	258

102,470 delay minutes on 1,460 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 February 2024?

82.6% of 9,242 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.