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JFK → BOS

John F. Kennedy International Airport Boston Logan International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
72.1%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
5.0%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
82 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
5,615
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 38%
  • Air traffic control & airport 37%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 23%
  • Extreme weather 1%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 66.2% 547
October 2025 68.8% 556
November 2025 75.8% 450
December 2025 66.3% 432
January 2026 77.1% 481
February 2026 72.7% 462
March 2026 71.2% 513
April 2026 80.4% 443
May 2026 83.0% 437
June 2026 75.3% 428
July 2026 61.1% 427
August 2026 67.9% 439

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

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Republic Airways 2,858 75.8% 5.1% 81 min
JetBlue Airways 2,389 68.3% 5.1% 82 min
Delta Air Lines 368 68.7% 3.5% 90 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • YX5733

    16% late · 364 flights

  • B61118

    38% late · 358 flights

  • DL2639

    32% late · 349 flights

  • YX5765

    9% late · 347 flights

  • B6618

    44% late · 331 flights

  • YX5798

    39% late · 286 flights

  • B6418

    26% late · 259 flights

  • B6318

    31% late · 239 flights

  • YX5595

    21% late · 239 flights

  • YX4708

    28% late · 210 flights

  • B6118

    12% late · 207 flights

  • B6918

    42% late · 204 flights

  • B6818

    31% late · 178 flights

  • YX4376

    14% late · 165 flights

  • B61318

    39% late · 158 flights

  • YX4659

    24% late · 133 flights

  • YX4730

    29% late · 125 flights

  • YX5651

    50% late · 109 flights

  • B62718

    15% late · 106 flights

  • B61018

    15% late · 104 flights

  • YX4503

    44% late · 103 flights

  • YX4687

    30% late · 102 flights

  • YX4346

    39% late · 80 flights

  • YX4634

    30% late · 76 flights

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