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Airport · JAX · Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, FL

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.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.4%
On-time
Top 82%
on-time, US airports
76 min
Delay when late
1.22%
Cancelled
#52 of 382
Corpus placement
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JAX on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%80.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 2,210,420.

Late Aircraft 44.7% (988,790 min)
Carrier 31.6% (699,470 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 18.3% (404,203 min)
Weather 5.3% (116,411 min)
Security 0.1% (1,546 min)

JAX - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (93.5%) · worst: July (87%)

86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.9%

JAX - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96.2% 89.9% ▼ -6.5%

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).

13 min14 min15 min16 min Jan 24Dec 25 13.9 min 14.6 min ▲ +5.0%

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.

Cancellation Rate

1.22%

3,857 of 316,106 flights

Diversion Rate

0.12%

388 of 316,106 flights

Delay Rate

19.6%

62,021 of 316,106 flights

Top Routes from JAX

Busiest routes to and from Jacksonville, FL.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
JAX (Jacksonville) → ATL (Atlanta) 24,108 88% 270 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → JAX (Jacksonville) 24,075 80.6% 270 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → JAX (Jacksonville) 13,224 78.6% 328 mi
JAX (Jacksonville) → CLT (Charlotte) 13,223 82.9% 328 mi
JAX (Jacksonville) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 10,202 79.7% 918 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → JAX (Jacksonville) 10,201 73.2% 918 mi
JFK (New York) → JAX (Jacksonville) 9,667 77.1% 828 mi
JAX (Jacksonville) → JFK (New York) 9,662 78.3% 828 mi
MIA (Miami) → JAX (Jacksonville) 9,523 78.2% 335 mi
JAX (Jacksonville) → MIA (Miami) 9,519 81.2% 335 mi
ORD (Chicago) → JAX (Jacksonville) 8,929 80.2% 864 mi
JAX (Jacksonville) → ORD (Chicago) 8,906 84.6% 864 mi
JAX (Jacksonville) → PHL (Philadelphia) 7,759 81.6% 742 mi
PHL (Philadelphia) → JAX (Jacksonville) 7,756 79.9% 742 mi
JAX (Jacksonville) → BWI (Baltimore) 7,649 83.6% 663 mi
BWI (Baltimore) → JAX (Jacksonville) 7,613 76.6% 663 mi
DCA (Washington) → JAX (Jacksonville) 7,539 79.6% 634 mi
JAX (Jacksonville) → DCA (Washington) 7,532 78.6% 634 mi
EWR (Newark) → JAX (Jacksonville) 7,403 78.2% 820 mi
JAX (Jacksonville) → EWR (Newark) 7,361 76.6% 820 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

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.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 80.4%).

Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs, CO

80.4% on-time 134,711 flights

Akron, OH

Akron, OH

80.4% on-time 36,344 flights

Nantucket, MA

Nantucket, MA

80.5% on-time 17,080 flights

Columbia, MO

Columbia, MO

80.3% on-time 19,935 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 316,106).

Burbank, CA

Burbank, CA

319,148 flights 82.4% on-time

Kahului, HI

Kahului, HI

304,696 flights 84.7% on-time

Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee, WI

299,952 flights 82.3% on-time

Charleston, SC

Charleston, SC

276,798 flights 81.4% on-time

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Compare performance with other Florida airports.

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JAX delay-share reading

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.

Statewide aggregates for Florida: Florida flight data.

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.

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Using JAX's data

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.

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

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.