JFK to ROC flight delays
New York, NY (JFK) Rochester, NY (ROC) · 264 miles
606 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
71.01%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.63%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
78 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
23 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 33.8 points more punctual than in November — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.63% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The two directions do not behave alike. ROC to JFK arrives on time 12.3 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This route does worse than its own airport. JFK as a whole runs 7.5 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, JetBlue Airways arrived on time most often on JFK to ROC. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in November.
Every airline on JFK to ROC
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways | 606 | 71.01% | 3.63% | 78 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ROC to JFK Rochester back to New York 83.33% on time COther routes from New York
Common questions
Are flights from New York to Rochester usually delayed?
71.01% of flights on the JFK to ROC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from New York to Rochester?
Only JetBlue Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 606 flights and 71.01% arriving on time.
How often are JFK to ROC flights cancelled?
3.63% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 36 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly New York to Rochester?
May, when 90.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was November at 56.4%.
When JFK to ROC flights are late, how late are they?
About 78 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on JFK to ROC during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →