Air travel

How often are flights at Jacksonville (JAX) late?

In the 12 months through August 2026, 20.9% of flights leaving Jacksonville (JAX) left 15 or more minutes late, the 43rd most of the 102 U.S. airports with at least 10,000 departures, against 22.9% of all U.S. flights. Airlines cancelled 1.9% of its scheduled departures (1.9% nationwide), the 44th most of the 102. Its worst month was July 2026, when 28.8% left late. Flights scheduled to leave in the 8 p.m. hour were late most often (38.8%), and those before 6 a.m. least often (4.8%).

Left 15+ minutes late

20.9%

The 43rd most of 102 airports

Cancelled

1.9%

The 44th most of 102 airports

Worst month

July 2026

28.8% left late

Flights leaving Jacksonville (JAX) 15+ minutes late, each month

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Flights leaving Jacksonville (JAX) 15+ minutes late, by scheduled departure hour

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Hours are local time at Jacksonville. Delays build through the day as late planes make their next flights late too. Hours with fewer than about one flight a day are left out.

The numbers

Departures from Jacksonville (JAX) each month and each scheduled departure hour.

Flights leaving Jacksonville (JAX) by month
Month Scheduled Left late Cancelled
September 2025 2,063 14.7% 0.5%
October 2025 2,439 17.2% 0.5%
November 2025 2,431 17.2% 1.3%
December 2025 2,545 22.8% 1.7%
January 2026 2,156 17.4% 4.5%
February 2026 2,023 16.9% 2.6%
March 2026 2,545 24.5% 3.0%
April 2026 2,487 16.4% 0.5%
May 2026 2,744 19.9% 1.0%
June 2026 2,646 24.2% 1.6%
July 2026 2,720 28.8% 3.7%
August 2026 2,506 27.7% 2.1%
Flights leaving Jacksonville (JAX) by departure hour
Departure hour Scheduled Left late Cancelled
Before 6 a.m. 784 4.8% 1.1%
6 a.m. 2,994 7.6% 2.0%
7 a.m. 3,063 6.8% 1.8%
8 a.m. 1,639 8.4% 0.6%
9 a.m. 1,679 11.9% 1.7%
10 a.m. 1,140 15.4% 1.8%
11 a.m. 2,770 14.9% 1.5%
Noon 1,308 25.5% 1.5%
1 p.m. 1,430 20.7% 1.5%
2 p.m. 1,648 27.1% 1.7%
3 p.m. 1,291 30.6% 1.6%
4 p.m. 1,965 31.9% 2.2%
5 p.m. 2,088 35.1% 2.8%
6 p.m. 1,993 32.4% 2.2%
7 p.m. 2,224 34.4% 3.0%
8 p.m. 911 38.8% 2.1%

Source and notes

U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Performance (Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, 1987–present) (Public domain (U.S. government work)). Data from September 2025 through August 2026.

These are domestic flights of the large U.S. airlines that report to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, including the regional airlines that fly for them. A flight is late when it leaves its gate 15 or more minutes after its scheduled time, out of the flights that left; cancellations are out of the flights scheduled. BTS posts each month about two months after it ends, and this page moves on a month when it does.