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JFK vs STT - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
JFK

New York, NY

New York, New York

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Airport B
STT

Charlotte Amalie, VI

Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric JFK STT
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 79.4% 81.5%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 82.5 min 79.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 20.6% 18.5%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.33% 0.73%
Total Flights 1,274,816 61,916
Delayed Flights 263,153 11,438
Cancelled Flights 16,932 451
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

JFK - New York, NY

Carrier 43.4%
Late Aircraft 28.3%
NAS 24.4%
Weather 3.6%
Security 0.2%

STT - Charlotte Amalie, VI

Late Aircraft 50.0%
Carrier 31.1%
NAS 16.1%
Weather 2.5%
Security 0.3%

Top Routes

Top routes from JFK

Route Flights On-Time
JFK → LAX
Los Angeles
53,628 81.3%
LAX → JFK
New York
53,619 81.8%
JFK → SFO
San Francisco
35,481 81.9%
SFO → JFK
New York
35,481 83.2%
JFK → BOS
Boston
30,732 77.6%
BOS → JFK
New York
30,700 80.3%

Top routes from STT

Route Flights On-Time
MIA → STT
Charlotte Amalie
5,392 82.8%
STT → MIA
Miami
5,391 84.3%
ATL → STT
Charlotte Amalie
4,063 82.4%
STT → ATL
Atlanta
4,059 83.8%
STT → SJU
San Juan
3,424 74.3%
CLT → STT
Charlotte Amalie
2,849 84.8%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.