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B6 1480 · JetBlue Airways

Fort Lauderdale → Washington (FLL–DCA)

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
91%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
2.4%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 329 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

B6 1480 arrived on time 100% of the time on Fridays and just 83% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Well ahead of the FLL–DCA route.

B6 1480 arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 68% across the FLL–DCA route.

Well ahead of the JetBlue Airways network.

B6 1480 arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 73% across the JetBlue Airways network.

Ticking up lately.

B6 1480 arrived on time 94% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(50 flights)
  • Tue96%(51 flights)
  • Wed94%(47 flights)
  • Thu92%(47 flights)
  • Fri100%(50 flights)
  • Sat86%(29 flights)
  • Sun83%(46 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(300 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(20 flights)
On-time trend by month
96%
May

Jun 90% → May 96% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%30
July 202593%28
August 202594%18
September 202587%30
October 202594%31
November 202596%27
December 202585%27
January 202684%25
February 202692%24
March 202693%27
April 202692%25
May 202696%28
Departures on time
92%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
320
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 329 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.