Flight Reliability
B6 988 · JetBlue Airways
Los Angeles → Boston (LAX–BOS)
81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 10 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.8%
- Cancelled
- 9 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 342 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
B6 988 arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays and just 65% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit ahead of the JetBlue Airways network.
B6 988 arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 73% across the JetBlue Airways network.
Trending in the right direction.
B6 988 arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon77%(48 flights)
- Tue80%(49 flights)
- Wed92%(48 flights)
- Thu88%(48 flights)
- Fri85%(47 flights)
- Sat73%(48 flights)
- Sun65%(48 flights)
- 6–9 AM—(2 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(9 flights)
- 6–9 PM79%(57 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM80%(268 flights)
91%
May
Jun 73% → May 91% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 58% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 94% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 90% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 66% | 29 |
| January 2026 | 66% | 29 |
| February 2026 | 85% | 26 |
| March 2026 | 90% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 68% | 28 |
| May 2026 | 91% | 11 |
- Departures on time
- 78%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 336
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 342 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.