Flight Reliability
B6 524 · JetBlue Airways
Los Angeles → New York (LAX–JFK)
70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 75%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 10 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.2%
- Cancelled
- 9 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 325 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
B6 524 departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 71% between 12–3 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
B6 524 arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays and just 63% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the LAX–JFK route.
B6 524 arrived on time 75% of the time, versus 79% across the LAX–JFK route.
Ticking up lately.
B6 524 arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon83%(47 flights)
- Tue76%(49 flights)
- Wed72%(50 flights)
- Thu77%(43 flights)
- Fri77%(47 flights)
- Sat83%(30 flights)
- Sun63%(48 flights)
- 6–9 AM91%(11 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM78%(159 flights)
- 12–3 PM71%(144 flights)
90%
May
Jun 65% → May 90% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 65% | 26 |
| July 2025 | 67% | 24 |
| August 2025 | 85% | 26 |
| September 2025 | 89% | 26 |
| October 2025 | 81% | 26 |
| November 2025 | 70% | 27 |
| December 2025 | 67% | 21 |
| January 2026 | 78% | 27 |
| February 2026 | 68% | 25 |
| March 2026 | 48% | 25 |
| April 2026 | 87% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 90% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 75%
- Diverted
- 1.2%
- Flights flown
- 314
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
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.