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Route Reliability

Las Vegas → New York

LAS–JFK · 2,248 miles · Harry Reid International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
2.4%
Cancelled
3,716
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines83%1,682 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines80%232 flights
  3. 3.JetBlue Airways78%1,373 flights
  4. 4.American Airlines76%429 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LAS–JFK flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 72% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LAS–JFK flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 76%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 76%.

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%(536 flights)
  • Tue83%(487 flights)
  • Wed83%(495 flights)
  • Thu78%(550 flights)
  • Fri80%(544 flights)
  • Sat86%(441 flights)
  • Sun76%(540 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(551 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(1085 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(583 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(443 flights)
  • 6–9 PM84%(25 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(906 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 64% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%306
July 202565%301
August 202585%309
September 202581%332
October 202586%338
November 202585%298
December 202583%274
January 202684%279
February 202683%226
March 202676%292
April 202687%317
May 202687%321

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 3,716 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.