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New York, NY

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), New York, NY (JFK) ranks #20 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). New York, NY posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as one of the busiest U.S. airports.

Data updated 2026-06-13

79.4%
On-time
Top 86%
on-time, US airports
83 min
Delay when late
1.33%
Cancelled
#20 of 382
Corpus placement
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JFK on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%79.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 9,959,972.

Late Aircraft 28.3% (2,821,712 min)
Carrier 43.4% (4,320,973 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 24.4% (2,433,353 min)
Weather 3.6% (361,097 min)
Security 0.2% (22,837 min)

JFK - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (92.3%) · worst: July (85.8%)

84%86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 88.1%

JFK - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 95.8% 89.6% ▼ -6.5%

JFK - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 27.5 min · taxi-in 11.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

20 min25 min30 min35 min40 min Jan 24Dec 25 24.4 min 26.9 min ▲ +10.2%

JFK's average taxi-out (27.5 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is June 2025 at 34.3 min; the lightest is February 2024 at 22.7 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for New York, NY.

Cancellation Rate

1.33%

16,932 of 1,274,816 flights

Diversion Rate

0.12%

1,569 of 1,274,816 flights

Delay Rate

20.6%

263,153 of 1,274,816 flights

Top Routes from JFK

Busiest routes to and from New York, NY.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
JFK (New York) → LAX (Los Angeles) 53,628 81.3% 2,475 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → JFK (New York) 53,619 81.8% 2,475 mi
JFK (New York) → SFO (San Francisco) 35,481 81.9% 2,586 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → JFK (New York) 35,481 83.2% 2,586 mi
JFK (New York) → BOS (Boston) 30,732 77.6% 187 mi
BOS (Boston) → JFK (New York) 30,700 80.3% 187 mi
MIA (Miami) → JFK (New York) 30,548 73.1% 1,089 mi
JFK (New York) → MIA (Miami) 30,546 75.6% 1,089 mi
JFK (New York) → MCO (Orlando) 25,480 72.4% 944 mi
MCO (Orlando) → JFK (New York) 25,468 72.9% 944 mi
JFK (New York) → FLL (Fort Lauderdale) 22,686 73.9% 1,069 mi
FLL (Fort Lauderdale) → JFK (New York) 22,683 73.8% 1,069 mi
JFK (New York) → ATL (Atlanta) 20,387 77.8% 760 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → JFK (New York) 20,378 76% 760 mi
SJU (San Juan) → JFK (New York) 19,165 77.9% 1,598 mi
RDU (Raleigh/Durham) → JFK (New York) 19,088 79.9% 427 mi
JFK (New York) → RDU (Raleigh/Durham) 19,083 80.6% 427 mi
JFK (New York) → SJU (San Juan) 19,069 72.3% 1,598 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → JFK (New York) 16,953 77.7% 541 mi
JFK (New York) → CLT (Charlotte) 16,952 84.7% 541 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for New York, NY, both outside New York 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: 79.4%).

Houston, TX

Houston, TX

79.4% on-time 618,821 flights

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

79.5% on-time 177,587 flights

Austin, TX

Austin, TX

79.3% on-time 909,441 flights

Hayden, CO

Hayden, CO

79.7% on-time 27,069 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 1,274,816).

Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City, UT

1,319,985 flights 85.8% on-time

Newark, NJ

Newark, NJ

1,354,054 flights 78.1% on-time

Miami, FL

Miami, FL

1,160,127 flights 77.9% on-time

Houston, TX

Houston, TX

1,404,392 flights 81.6% on-time

Other Airports in New York

Compare performance with other New York airports.

LGA 81.2%

New York, NY

New York · 1,574,867 flights
BUF 80.6%

Buffalo, NY

Buffalo · 221,909 flights
SYR 81.5%

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse · 131,663 flights
ALB 80.9%

Albany, NY

Albany · 129,222 flights
ROC 82%

Rochester, NY

Rochester · 126,934 flights
HPN 79.1%

White Plains, NY

White Plains · 117,692 flights
ISP 77.9%

Islip, NY

Islip · 54,300 flights
ELM 84.5%

Elmira/Corning, NY

Elmira/Corning · 13,181 flights

JFK delay-share reading

The standout signal at New York, NY is traffic scale: 1,274,816 BTS flights (2020–2025) place it #20 of 382 by book size. That busy-book footprint sits beside a 79.4% on-time rate (0.4 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average), 263,153 delayed departures, and 16,932 cancellations (1.33% of the book).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (28.3% late-aircraft, 43.4% carrier, 24.4% NAS, 3.6% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, JFK is strongest in November (92.3% on-time) and weakest in July (85.8%), a 6.5-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~19,285 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to LAX (Los Angeles) at 81.3% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for New York: New York 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 JFK's data

JFK'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 JFK before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. June 2025 averaged 34.3 min. 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.