SRQ to JFK flight delays
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) New York, NY (JFK) · 1,041 miles
533 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
73.68%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.38%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
95 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
26 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In August it ran 35.2 points more punctual than in March — 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: 3.38% 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. JFK to SRQ arrives on time 5.7 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. SRQ as a whole runs 7.1 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, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on SRQ to JFK. JetBlue Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in August and worst in March.
Every airline on SRQ to JFK
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 | 395 | 73.11% | 2.53% | 103 min | D |
| Delta Air Lines | 135 | 74.8% | 5.93% | 71 min | F |
| Republic Airways | 3 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Sarasota/Bradenton
Common questions
Are flights from Sarasota/Bradenton to New York usually delayed?
73.68% of flights on the SRQ to JFK 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 airline is most on time from Sarasota/Bradenton to New York?
Delta Air Lines, at 74.8% on time across 135 flights. The least punctual on the route was JetBlue Airways at 73.11%.
How often are SRQ to JFK flights cancelled?
3.38% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 34 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Sarasota/Bradenton to New York?
August, when 93.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 58.3%.
When SRQ to JFK flights are late, how late are they?
About 95 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 SRQ to JFK 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 →