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New York (JFK) departure delays

8,750 departures · 74 routes · March 2025 – August 2026

77.77%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

2.02%

Cancelled

Share of departures

88 min

When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#64

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about JFK

JFK runs about as well as the average airport here.

The airlines flying from here are not equally affected. British Airways left on time 9.7 points more often than JetBlue Airways from the same airport — which is the clearest evidence available that a delayed departure is not purely the airport's fault.

With 40 routes in the record, JFK is a hub, and hubs carry a particular risk: a delay early in the day propagates through every aircraft that was due to fly on afterwards. Morning departures from a hub are reliably better than evening ones.

Which airlines run best out of JFK

Airline Departures On time
British Airways 4,511 81%
Republic Airways 1,200 79.6%
Virgin Atlantic 3,246 78.2%
Delta Air Lines 2,606 77.1%
American Airlines 3,376 76.5%
Alaska Airlines 357 71.8%
JetBlue Airways 3,215 71.3%

Routes out of JFK

JFK → LHR London 8,071 flights · 79.55% on time C JFK → LAX Los Angeles 822 flights · 70.28% on time D JFK → SFO San Francisco 611 flights · 60.93% on time F JFK → MAN Manchester 504 flights · 77.26% on time C JFK → BOS Boston 428 flights · 75.3% on time D JFK → MCO Orlando 373 flights · 76.71% on time C JFK → MIA Miami 360 flights · 79.89% on time C JFK → ATL Atlanta 342 flights · 80.47% on time B JFK → LAS Las Vegas 317 flights · 78.48% on time C JFK → SJU San Juan 289 flights · 78.95% on time C JFK → FLL Fort Lauderdale 285 flights · 81.16% on time C JFK → SEA Seattle 270 flights · 76.12% on time C JFK → PHX Phoenix 257 flights · 74.22% on time C JFK → DCA Washington 210 flights · 69.74% on time F JFK → SAN San Diego 207 flights · 75% on time C JFK → AUS Austin 205 flights · 78.11% on time C JFK → ORD Chicago 202 flights · 79.79% on time D JFK → TPA Tampa 200 flights · 75.13% on time C JFK → RDU Raleigh/Durham 186 flights · 75.28% on time D JFK → DFW Dallas/Fort Worth 180 flights · 72.94% on time D JFK → LGW London 174 flights · 48.81% on time F JFK → PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach 157 flights · 80% on time C JFK → CLT Charlotte 156 flights · 78.06% on time C JFK → PIT Pittsburgh 150 flights · 67.81% on time D JFK → SLC Salt Lake City 150 flights · 72% on time C JFK → DEN Denver 137 flights · 74.07% on time C JFK → BUF Buffalo 118 flights · 75.68% on time D JFK → DTW Detroit 117 flights · 73.87% on time D JFK → EDI Ingliston 114 flights · 72.81% on time C JFK → CMH Columbus 114 flights · 75.96% on time D JFK → BNA Nashville 104 flights · 75% on time C JFK → JAX Jacksonville 101 flights · 75.51% on time C JFK → GRU São Paulo 95 flights · 60.87% on time — JFK → CLE Cleveland 90 flights · 75.28% on time — JFK → IND Indianapolis 90 flights · 81.18% on time — JFK → RSW Fort Myers 90 flights · 88.76% on time — JFK → PDX Portland 90 flights · 77.78% on time — JFK → MSY New Orleans 89 flights · 81.61% on time — JFK → MSP Minneapolis 67 flights · 84.85% on time — JFK → IAH Houston 66 flights · 64.62% on time —