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Airport month · April 2024
John F. Kennedy International in April 2024
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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,152 domestic departures from John F. Kennedy International (JFK). 79.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so JFK departures were 1.1 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at JFK that month were on time 79.2% of the time (10,153 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 28%.
- On time 79.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.7%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | JFK, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.4% | — | 75.5% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 79.2% | — | 72.8% | 80.2% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | — | 3.5% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.6 min | — | 18.2 min | 14.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 338 | — | 281 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,152 | — | 102,683 | 582,185 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 3,079 | 30% | 70.8% | 9.9 min | 1.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,532 | 25% | 81.0% | 0.8 min | 0.2% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 1,473 | 15% | 83.2% | -1.8 min | 1.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 1,313 | 13% | 86.5% | -5.4 min | 1.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,195 | 12% | 83.9% | -0.9 min | 0.6% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 329 | 3% | 78.1% | 2.4 min | 0.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 201 | 2% | 84.1% | 2.0 min | 0.5% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 30 | 0% | 70.0% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JFK–LAX | New York to Los Angeles | 783 | 80.6% | 4.3 min | 0.1% |
| JFK–SFO | New York to San Francisco | 512 | 65.8% | 8.6 min | 0.4% |
| JFK–MIA | New York to Miami | 497 | 79.7% | 3.2 min | 1.2% |
| JFK–BOS | New York to Boston | 456 | 74.3% | 8.6 min | 2.2% |
| JFK–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 410 | 75.6% | 9.1 min | 1.2% |
| JFK–MCO | New York to Orlando | 401 | 77.3% | 4.6 min | 0.7% |
| JFK–RDU | New York to Raleigh/Durham | 320 | 80.6% | 1.8 min | 1.6% |
| JFK–SJU | New York to San Juan | 295 | 76.6% | 2.5 min | 0.7% |
| JFK–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 285 | 80.7% | 1.2 min | 1.1% |
| JFK–SEA | New York to Seattle | 253 | 85.4% | -3.0 min | 0.4% |
| JFK–LAS | New York to Las Vegas | 252 | 77.0% | 3.3 min | 0.8% |
| JFK–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 249 | 80.3% | 4.3 min | 0.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left JFK on time in April 2024?
79.4% of 10,152 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.