Route
JFK → DTW
John F. Kennedy International Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
509 miles
Return route DTW → JFK →
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 75.6%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 4.6%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 82 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 1,215
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 46%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 32%
- Air traffic control & airport 18%
- Extreme weather 4%
- 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 | 86.9% | 137 |
| October 2025 | 81.6% | 153 |
| November 2025 | 84.4% | 145 |
| December 2025 | 69.9% | 97 |
| January 2026 | 61.4% | 61 |
| February 2026 | 82.2% | 51 |
| March 2026 | 75.0% | 54 |
| April 2026 | 76.5% | 51 |
| May 2026 | 77.8% | 110 |
| June 2026 | 73.9% | 117 |
| July 2026 | 60.2% | 120 |
| August 2026 | 64.8% | 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 | 770 | 80.2% | 3.8% | 97 min |
| JetBlue Airways | 445 | 67.4% | 6.1% | 66 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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