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Flight Reliability

B6 1601 · JetBlue Airways

New York → Fort Lauderdale (JFKFLL)

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
9 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 245 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

B6 1601 arrived on time 91% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 81%.

Better than the JFK–FLL route average.

B6 1601 arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 73% across the JFK–FLL route.

Better than the JetBlue Airways network average.

B6 1601 arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 73% across the JetBlue Airways network.

Ticking up lately.

B6 1601 arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(35 flights)
  • Tue91%(34 flights)
  • Wed85%(34 flights)
  • Thu88%(32 flights)
  • Fri82%(33 flights)
  • Sat82%(34 flights)
  • Sun81%(36 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(236 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 87% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%30
July 202586%28
August 202593%30
September 202590%30
October 202584%31
December 202567%12
March 202685%13
April 202682%17
May 202694%31
Departures on time
91%
Diverted
0.8%
Flights flown
238
Months covered
12

Based on 245 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.