John F. Kennedy International in February 2025

79.2%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 7,850 domestic departures from John F. Kennedy International (JFK). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.7% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so JFK departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 9,242 departures with 82.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at JFK that month were on time 77.9% of the time (7,853 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 39%, air carrier 29% and late-arriving aircraft 27%.

On time 70.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.0%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from JFK in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	JFK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	79.2%	82.6%	75.5%	79.2%
Arrived on time	70.7%	82.6%	72.8%	77.9%
Cancelled	2.1%	1.3%	3.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	12.1 min	18.2 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	262	308	281	16,830
Scheduled departures	7,850	9,242	102,683	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	2,624	33%	65.2%	15.0 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,152	27%	74.0%	6.1 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	1,459	19%	72.3%	11.1 min	4.7%
AA American Airlines	1,089	14%	76.7%	1.8 min	2.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	218	3%	72.0%	-0.9 min	2.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	168	2%	63.1%	12.6 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	112	1%	69.6%	15.6 min	0.9%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	28	0%	39.3%	16.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JFK–LAX	New York to Los Angeles	717	72.1%	6.7 min	1.3%
JFK–SFO	New York to San Francisco	447	65.8%	5.8 min	1.3%
JFK–MIA	New York to Miami	432	72.0%	9.9 min	1.4%
JFK–BOS	New York to Boston	405	75.8%	9.4 min	4.0%
JFK–MCO	New York to Orlando	384	70.8%	10.2 min	0.5%
JFK–FLL	New York to Fort Lauderdale	336	74.4%	2.4 min	1.8%
JFK–SJU	New York to San Juan	316	70.9%	5.5 min	0.6%
JFK–LAS	New York to Las Vegas	309	67.0%	5.4 min	0.6%
JFK–ATL	New York to Atlanta	292	67.1%	14.7 min	0.7%
JFK–PHX	New York to Phoenix	220	73.6%	0.0 min	2.3%
JFK–TPA	New York to Tampa	218	72.0%	12.2 min	1.4%
JFK–PBI	New York to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	200	61.0%	23.6 min	2.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.2%	33.9%	42,824
Late-arriving aircraft	26.6%	36.9%	39,096
National Aviation System	38.5%	22.5%	56,573
Extreme weather	5.5%	6.6%	8,006
Security	0.2%	0.1%	289

146,788 delay minutes on 2,122 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 2025?

79.2% of 7,850 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 82.6% of 9,242 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 2.1% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.