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Route Reliability

New York → Los Angeles

JFK–LAX · 2,475 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
10,337
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%3,239 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines79%3,357 flights
  3. 3.JetBlue Airways77%3,508 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines73%233 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

JFK–LAX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 68% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JFK–LAX flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

JFK–LAX flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon79%(1487 flights)
  • Tue82%(1447 flights)
  • Wed80%(1453 flights)
  • Thu79%(1504 flights)
  • Fri80%(1507 flights)
  • Sat77%(1234 flights)
  • Sun74%(1501 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(33 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(2368 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(2135 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(881 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(2312 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(1631 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM68%(773 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 77% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%870
July 202575%902
August 202585%911
September 202584%851
October 202576%890
November 202578%847
December 202571%867
January 202673%780
February 202676%666
March 202688%839
April 202682%852
May 202681%858

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 10,337 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.