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Route Reliability

New York → Phoenix

JFK–PHX · 2,153 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
2.7%
Cancelled
2,919
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines83%1,468 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines75%920 flights
  3. 3.JetBlue Airways74%531 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

JFK–PHX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 58% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Saturday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 81% on time on Saturdays against 75% on Sundays.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 74%.

Trending in the right direction.

JFK–PHX flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(418 flights)
  • Tue81%(385 flights)
  • Wed77%(386 flights)
  • Thu78%(423 flights)
  • Fri80%(424 flights)
  • Sat81%(374 flights)
  • Sun75%(425 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(914 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(144 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(377 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(946 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(411 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM58%(43 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 75% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%203
July 202574%197
August 202586%200
September 202579%194
October 202575%230
November 202577%242
December 202566%258
January 202679%257
February 202681%229
March 202682%283
April 202687%277
May 202682%265

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Based on 2,919 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.