Flight Reliability
B6 288 · JetBlue Airways
Los Angeles → Boston (LAX–BOS)
75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 71%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 12 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.9%
- Cancelled
- 3 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 330 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
B6 288 departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 27% between 12–3 PM.
Thursdays have been rough.
B6 288 arrived on time 82% of the time on Saturdays and just 61% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Lagging the LAX–BOS route.
B6 288 arrived on time 71% of the time, versus 79% across the LAX–BOS route.
Trending in the right direction.
B6 288 arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 60% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon73%(45 flights)
- Tue70%(50 flights)
- Wed64%(45 flights)
- Thu61%(49 flights)
- Fri80%(46 flights)
- Sat82%(44 flights)
- Sun69%(48 flights)
- 6–9 AM91%(128 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM60%(188 flights)
- 12–3 PM27%(11 flights)
90%
May
Jun 97% → May 90% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 94% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 53% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 52% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 63% | 24 |
| December 2025 | 48% | 23 |
| January 2026 | 75% | 28 |
| February 2026 | 58% | 26 |
| March 2026 | 67% | 12 |
| April 2026 | 63% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 90% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 73%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 327
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 330 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.