According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Jacksonville, FL (JAX) ranks #52 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Jacksonville, FL posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.
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JAX on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes: 2,210,420.
Late Aircraft44.7% (988,790 min)
Carrier31.6% (699,470 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)18.3% (404,203 min)
Weather5.3% (116,411 min)
Security0.1% (1,546 min)
JAX - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: October (93.5%) · worst: July (87%)
JAX - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
JAX - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 14.4 min · taxi-in 6.7 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
JAX's average taxi-out (14.4 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.5 min (June 2024) to 15.6 min (January 2025).
Cancellation & Diversion Analysis
Flight disruption statistics for Jacksonville, FL.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Jacksonville, FL, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Jacksonville, FL is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 44.7% of 2,210,420 delay minutes across 316,106 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.4% (1.4 pts above the 79% national average), with 62,021 delayed and 3,857 cancelled (1.22%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (44.7% late-aircraft, 31.6% carrier, 18.3% NAS, 5.3% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.
On the multi-year calendar, JAX is strongest in October (93.5% on-time) and weakest in July (87%), a 6.5-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~4,793 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 88% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Jacksonville, FL vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.4%Top 82%higher than 18% of 382 airports
Jacksonville, FL
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U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
JAX's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.
Check the busiest route from JAX before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in October rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.4 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Jacksonville, FL's on-time rate?
Jacksonville, FL (JAX) has a 80.4% on-time rate across 316,106 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.4 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does JAX rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Jacksonville, FL ranks #52 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a high-volume U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Jacksonville, FL?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at JAX, accounting for 44.7% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 44.7% late-aircraft, 31.6% carrier, 18.3% NAS/air-traffic-control, 5.3% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Jacksonville, FL?
October is historically JAX's strongest month at 93.5% on-time, while July is the weakest at 87%, a 6.5-point swing across the BTS historical record.
Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights