Route
LAX → JFK
Los Angeles International Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 77.5%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 2.9%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 94 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 10,289
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 40%
- Late-arriving aircraft 36%
- Air traffic control & airport 24%
- Extreme weather 0%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 83.8% | 857 |
| October 2025 | 83.0% | 897 |
| November 2025 | 79.7% | 860 |
| December 2025 | 78.1% | 894 |
| January 2026 | 74.8% | 825 |
| February 2026 | 74.4% | 727 |
| March 2026 | 73.1% | 848 |
| April 2026 | 86.1% | 855 |
| May 2026 | 83.9% | 870 |
| June 2026 | 76.2% | 821 |
| July 2026 | 68.9% | 919 |
| August 2026 | 66.5% | 916 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways | 3,479 | 77.9% | 3.5% | 74 min |
| Delta Air Lines | 3,367 | 79.4% | 2.6% | 91 min |
| American Airlines | 3,303 | 74.9% | 2.7% | 116 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 140 | 81.2% | 0.7% | 60 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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AA118
16% late · 365 flights
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DL934
13% late · 365 flights
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DL960
17% late · 365 flights
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AA274
42% late · 364 flights
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AA307
25% late · 364 flights
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DL958
18% late · 364 flights
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AA238
33% late · 363 flights
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DL979
13% late · 363 flights
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AA10
15% late · 361 flights
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AA2
14% late · 359 flights
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AA28
24% late · 356 flights
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AA4
27% late · 356 flights
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AA32
29% late · 350 flights
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B61524
18% late · 347 flights
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DL915
16% late · 338 flights
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B6524
21% late · 337 flights
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B6224
20% late · 336 flights
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B6424
21% late · 332 flights
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DL939
31% late · 331 flights
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DL951
27% late · 331 flights
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DL991
23% late · 323 flights
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B6324
26% late · 317 flights
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DL938
23% late · 302 flights
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B62824
16% late · 209 flights
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