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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → New York

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

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
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.Delta Air Lines82%3,356 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways79%3,507 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines77%3,242 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines75%232 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LAX–JFK flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 70% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LAX–JFK flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 75%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 75%.

Ticking up lately.

LAX–JFK flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon78%(1493 flights)
  • Tue82%(1451 flights)
  • Wed77%(1456 flights)
  • Thu80%(1486 flights)
  • Fri82%(1492 flights)
  • Sat81%(1220 flights)
  • Sun75%(1484 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM72%(39 flights)
  • 3–6 AM88%(33 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(2438 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(2170 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(1605 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(1061 flights)
  • 6–9 PM84%(492 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM83%(2244 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 71% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%863
July 202572%881
August 202584%905
September 202584%850
October 202584%883
November 202580%841
December 202579%871
January 202676%778
February 202675%664
March 202674%840
April 202687%847
May 202685%859

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.