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Route Reliability

New York → San Diego

JFKSAN · 2,446 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
2.4%
Cancelled
2,413
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.JetBlue Airways87%727 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines77%1,033 flights
  3. 3.Alaska Airlines76%653 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

JFK–SAN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 76% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JFK–SAN flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

JetBlue Airways runs this route best.

JetBlue Airways arrived on time 87% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 76%.

Trending in the right direction.

JFK–SAN flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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
  • Mon81%(336 flights)
  • Tue86%(331 flights)
  • Wed82%(338 flights)
  • Thu77%(346 flights)
  • Fri80%(347 flights)
  • Sat80%(295 flights)
  • Sun74%(347 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(614 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(387 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(8 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(1043 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(288 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 76% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%205
July 202571%201
August 202583%209
September 202578%198
October 202574%209
November 202581%204
December 202578%203
January 202674%166
February 202682%137
March 202687%197
April 202686%206
May 202687%205

Based on 2,413 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.