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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → New York

SLCJFK · 1,990 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
1,931
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 Lines84%1,538 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways75%393 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SLC–JFK flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 74% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SLC–JFK flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 78%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 84% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 75%.

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
  • Mon84%(265 flights)
  • Tue82%(270 flights)
  • Wed83%(273 flights)
  • Thu79%(271 flights)
  • Fri86%(267 flights)
  • Sat82%(271 flights)
  • Sun78%(272 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM97%(77 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(355 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(392 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(385 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM84%(680 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 77% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%150
July 202566%149
August 202581%154
September 202591%149
October 202585%155
November 202584%146
December 202584%164
January 202681%152
February 202684%160
March 202681%194
April 202684%161
May 202686%155

Based on 1,931 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.