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Airport month · July 2024

John F. Kennedy International in July 2024

67.9%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,870 domestic departures from John F. Kennedy International (JFK). 67.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.2% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so JFK departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at JFK that month were on time 66.3% of the time (10,867 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 24%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierJFK, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time67.9%—75.5%68.5%
Arrived on time66.2%—72.8%68.1%
Cancelled3.9%—3.5%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)27.9 min—18.2 min24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day362—28121,154
Scheduled departures10,870—102,683634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways3,20229%62.9%20.7 min2.2%
DL Delta Air Lines2,68725%65.5%20.5 min5.1%
9E Endeavor Air1,60515%62.2%21.7 min9.2%
YX Republic Airline1,43413%72.6%9.9 min2.9%
AA American Airlines1,16611%71.5%20.8 min2.0%
AS Alaska Airlines3723%75.5%5.4 min0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines3113%65.0%30.5 min2.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines621%58.1%39.1 min0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines310%77.4%9.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
JFK–LAXNew York to Los Angeles88669.3%15.8 min1.1%
JFK–SFONew York to San Francisco60076.5%10.0 min1.7%
JFK–BOSNew York to Boston46061.3%25.3 min2.0%
JFK–MIANew York to Miami43366.1%22.6 min2.8%
JFK–MCONew York to Orlando40361.0%23.2 min5.0%
JFK–SJUNew York to San Juan36564.7%22.4 min0.8%
JFK–RDUNew York to Raleigh/Durham34167.7%15.9 min5.9%
JFK–FLLNew York to Fort Lauderdale31063.9%21.4 min5.5%
JFK–CLTNew York to Charlotte30759.3%35.4 min4.9%
JFK–ATLNew York to Atlanta28062.5%36.1 min2.5%
JFK–SEANew York to Seattle27971.3%5.5 min4.3%
JFK–LASNew York to Las Vegas26568.7%12.0 min5.7%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier40.8%36.6%118,158
Late-arriving aircraft33.0%42.7%95,715
National Aviation System23.6%16.0%68,326
Extreme weather2.4%4.6%6,950
Security0.2%0.1%545
289,694 delay minutes on 3,219 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left JFK on time in July 2024?

67.9% of 10,870 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.