Route Reliability
Sacramento → New York
SMF–JFK · 2,521 miles · Sacramento International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- 69%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 38 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.8%
- Cancelled
- 165
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
JetBlue Airways is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 69% of the time across 165 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Thursdays have been rough.
SMF–JFK flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Tuesdays and just 58% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Trending in the right direction.
SMF–JFK flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 55% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon73%(22 flights)
- Tue77%(22 flights)
- Wed65%(23 flights)
- Thu58%(24 flights)
- Fri71%(24 flights)
- Sat71%(24 flights)
- Sun65%(23 flights)
Jun 67% → May 72% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 67% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 28% | 29 |
| August 2025 | 70% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 92% | 25 |
| May 2026 | 72% | 18 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 165 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.