Route
DTW → JFK
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport
509 miles
Return route JFK → DTW →
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 81.4%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 4.5%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 87 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 1,217
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Air traffic control & airport 50%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 31%
- Late-arriving aircraft 13%
- Extreme weather 6%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Sep 2025
Aug 2026
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 90.6% | 138 |
| October 2025 | 87.5% | 153 |
| November 2025 | 82.9% | 145 |
| December 2025 | 62.0% | 97 |
| January 2026 | 69.6% | 60 |
| February 2026 | 78.7% | 52 |
| March 2026 | 83.0% | 54 |
| April 2026 | 90.4% | 52 |
| May 2026 | 89.7% | 110 |
| June 2026 | 83.8% | 117 |
| July 2026 | 70.2% | 120 |
| August 2026 | 78.5% | 119 |
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Airlines on this route
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 772 | 79.7% | 3.4% | 92 min |
| JetBlue Airways | 445 | 84.6% | 6.5% | 77 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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