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Route Reliability

New York → ACK

JFKACK · 199 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to ACK Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min early
Average arrival delay
3.2%
Cancelled
311
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines87%110 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways83%201 flights

What the data says

Mornings have a slight edge.

Departures between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, against 82% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JFK–ACK flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Fridays and just 72% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 87% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 83%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(45 flights)
  • Tue90%(38 flights)
  • Wed86%(36 flights)
  • Thu84%(44 flights)
  • Fri94%(46 flights)
  • Sat89%(46 flights)
  • Sun72%(46 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(112 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(189 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 91% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202591%65
July 202577%86
August 202592%85
September 202585%39
October 202569%13
May 202669%13

Based on 311 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.