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Route Reliability

New York → Palm Springs

JFK–PSP · 2,378 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
4.5%
Cancelled
222
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Alaska Airlines86% on time · 182 flights
  • Delta Air Lines78% on time · 40 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Thursdays have been rough.

JFK–PSP flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Mondays and just 76% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon92%(25 flights)
  • Tue78%(27 flights)
  • Wed89%(35 flights)
  • Thu76%(25 flights)
  • Fri89%(26 flights)
  • Sat79%(47 flights)
  • Sun92%(25 flights)
On-time trend by month
97%
Apr

Nov 88% → Apr 97% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
November 202588%33
December 202588%34
January 202675%32
February 202668%31
March 202689%37
April 202697%35

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 222 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.