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Flight Reliability

B6 1281 · JetBlue Airways

Boston → Richmond (BOS–RIC)

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
9 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 325 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Tuesdays have been rough.

B6 1281 arrived on time 93% of the time on Saturdays and just 73% on Tuesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the BOS–RIC route.

B6 1281 arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 76% across the BOS–RIC route.

Better than the JetBlue Airways network average.

B6 1281 arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 73% across the JetBlue Airways network.

Trending in the right direction.

B6 1281 arrived on time 95% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(49 flights)
  • Tue73%(44 flights)
  • Wed88%(43 flights)
  • Thu75%(51 flights)
  • Fri82%(50 flights)
  • Sat93%(30 flights)
  • Sun76%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(128 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(189 flights)
On-time trend by month
96%
May

Jun 70% → May 96% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%30
July 202577%31
August 202574%31
September 202593%30
October 202584%31
November 202577%26
December 202560%25
January 202670%23
February 202694%18
March 202693%27
April 202696%23
May 202696%22
Departures on time
82%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
317
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 325 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.