John F. Kennedy International in October 2024

88.1%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,732 domestic departures from John F. Kennedy International (JFK). 88.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so JFK departures were 2.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 10,920 departures with 83.0% leaving on time: a change of +5.1 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at JFK that month were on time 86.9% of the time (10,726 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 88.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.6%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	JFK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	88.1%	83.0%	75.5%	85.5%
Arrived on time	88.6%	81.1%	72.8%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.1%	3.5%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.6 min	12.2 min	18.2 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	358	364	281	20,517
Scheduled departures	10,732	10,920	102,683	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	2,988	28%	85.8%	-8.4 min	1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,635	25%	87.7%	-6.3 min	0.9%
YX Republic Airline	1,609	15%	92.4%	-9.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	1,488	14%	92.1%	-10.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	1,277	12%	90.9%	-9.3 min	0.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	286	3%	87.1%	-9.0 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	283	3%	85.2%	-1.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	134	1%	80.6%	3.7 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	32	0%	62.5%	7.1 min	6.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JFK–LAX	New York to Los Angeles	887	92.8%	-18.2 min	0.0%
JFK–SFO	New York to San Francisco	538	88.7%	-11.3 min	0.0%
JFK–BOS	New York to Boston	523	89.7%	-6.8 min	0.0%
JFK–MIA	New York to Miami	434	88.2%	-2.9 min	0.5%
JFK–CLT	New York to Charlotte	373	89.3%	-3.7 min	0.0%
JFK–LAS	New York to Las Vegas	363	89.3%	-13.3 min	0.0%
JFK–ATL	New York to Atlanta	344	84.9%	-1.9 min	0.0%
JFK–RDU	New York to Raleigh/Durham	344	91.6%	-8.8 min	0.0%
JFK–MCO	New York to Orlando	327	82.0%	-7.5 min	7.0%
JFK–SJU	New York to San Juan	305	83.9%	-2.3 min	0.0%
JFK–FLL	New York to Fort Lauderdale	285	87.0%	-6.4 min	0.4%
JFK–ORD	New York to Chicago	274	89.1%	-2.4 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	53.5%	42.7%	35,298
Late-arriving aircraft	23.9%	37.4%	15,793
National Aviation System	20.4%	16.3%	13,430
Extreme weather	2.1%	3.4%	1,383
Security	0.1%	0.2%	83

65,987 delay minutes on 1,140 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 2024?

88.1% of 10,732 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 83.0% of 10,920 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 88.1% and 0.6% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.