Flight Reliability
B6 1516 · JetBlue Airways
New York → Syracuse (JFK–SYR)
62
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 65%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 12 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.5%
- Cancelled
- 1 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 158 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Thursdays have been rough.
B6 1516 arrived on time 77% of the time on Tuesdays and just 50% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Lagging the JFK–SYR route.
B6 1516 arrived on time 65% of the time, versus 79% across the JFK–SYR route.
Lagging the JetBlue Airways network.
B6 1516 arrived on time 65% of the time, versus 73% across the JetBlue Airways network.
Trending in the right direction.
B6 1516 arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 53% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon62%(21 flights)
- Tue77%(22 flights)
- Wed68%(22 flights)
- Thu50%(22 flights)
- Fri77%(22 flights)
- Sat64%(22 flights)
- Sun57%(23 flights)
73%
May
Jun 37% → May 73% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 37% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 62% | 29 |
| August 2025 | 61% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 83% | 29 |
| October 2025 | 83% | 24 |
| May 2026 | 73% | 11 |
- Departures on time
- 66%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 154
- Months covered
- 6
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 158 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.