BOS → JFK American Airlines

American Airlines · Boston, MA to New York, NY · 1,492 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 31 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -8 min, while the worst 10% run +59 min or later.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+59 min
Cancellation rate
5%

How on-time is American Airlines from BOS to JFK?

Across every American Airlines flight number on BOS → JFK (1,492 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +59 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,09277%
16-30 min957%
31-60 min916%
61-120 min876%
2+ hrs534%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710672%+15 min
2025-0812283%+0 min
2025-0915177%+10 min
2025-1015378%+4 min
2025-1111176%+6 min
2025-1210875%+16 min
2026-0110678%+6 min
2026-0212380%+8 min
2026-0315768%+17 min
2026-0410376%+9 min
2026-059287%-2 min
2026-068681%+1 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19076%
Tue20175%
Wed20279%
Thu19774%
Fri20179%
Sat23384%
Sun19472%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…