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Route Reliability

Miami → New York

MIAJFK · 1,089 miles · Miami International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
4,608
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines79%305 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines71%2,655 flights
  3. 3.Delta Air Lines71%1,620 flights

Not enough history to rank: JetBlue Airways (28 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MIA–JFK flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 54% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MIA–JFK flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Wednesdays and just 61% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Frontier Airlines runs this route best.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 71%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon72%(628 flights)
  • Tue76%(647 flights)
  • Wed77%(643 flights)
  • Thu72%(640 flights)
  • Fri73%(640 flights)
  • Sat73%(617 flights)
  • Sun61%(644 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(1092 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(779 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(328 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(985 flights)
  • 6–9 PM54%(830 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(445 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 64% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%399
July 202564%369
August 202570%371
September 202585%357
October 202577%366
November 202575%400
December 202566%377
January 202670%354
February 202671%315
March 202671%353
April 202672%405
May 202678%393

Based on 4,608 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.