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SFO → JFK

San Francisco International Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport

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How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
78.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
2.5%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
83 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
6,798
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 36%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 35%
  • Air traffic control & airport 26%
  • Extreme weather 4%
  • 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 86.4% 579
October 2025 84.6% 611
November 2025 81.3% 546
December 2025 79.5% 536
January 2026 80.9% 539
February 2026 85.3% 465
March 2026 83.7% 533
April 2026 80.1% 543
May 2026 75.7% 593
June 2026 71.2% 611
July 2026 66.4% 622
August 2026 63.9% 620

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
Delta Air Lines 2,230 77.2% 2.2% 74 min
JetBlue Airways 1,955 78.9% 2.5% 81 min
American Airlines 1,501 77.5% 3.2% 116 min
Alaska Airlines 1,112 78.6% 2.2% 61 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • AA234

    9% late · 365 flights

  • DL405

    11% late · 365 flights

  • AA166

    31% late · 362 flights

  • B6416

    23% late · 356 flights

  • AA276

    18% late · 350 flights

  • DL383

    13% late · 350 flights

  • B6816

    23% late · 348 flights

  • DL668

    27% late · 346 flights

  • AA16

    28% late · 336 flights

  • AS20

    19% late · 321 flights

  • AS211

    11% late · 242 flights

  • AS42

    35% late · 238 flights

  • B6616

    17% late · 232 flights

  • DL363

    25% late · 218 flights

  • B6116

    11% late · 180 flights

  • B61216

    22% late · 179 flights

  • AS30

    24% late · 176 flights

  • B62116

    27% late · 168 flights

  • B6316

    16% late · 165 flights

  • DL669

    28% late · 146 flights

  • B6216

    25% late · 135 flights

  • DL670

    10% late · 126 flights

  • DL2112

    43% late · 119 flights

  • DL365

    20% late · 112 flights

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