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Route Reliability

New York → Cincinnati

JFK–CVG · 589 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
3.8%
Cancelled
1,750
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines81%677 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines78%1,072 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (1 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

JFK–CVG flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 50% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JFK–CVG flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 74%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 78%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.8% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(234 flights)
  • Tue80%(240 flights)
  • Wed81%(240 flights)
  • Thu82%(236 flights)
  • Fri81%(244 flights)
  • Sat78%(255 flights)
  • Sun74%(232 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(324 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(431 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(444 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(69 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(403 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM50%(10 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 66% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%149
July 202573%146
August 202592%155
September 202587%149
October 202584%151
November 202576%143
December 202561%127
January 202679%130
February 202682%126
March 202677%150
April 202690%125
May 202683%130

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Based on 1,750 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.