Flights Austin → New York
AUS → JFK
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to New York has a high on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of just 10 minutes. The route sees approximately 517 flights per year, operated by aircraft such as the Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A320/A319 models, serving New York's busy John F. Kennedy International Airport, which opened in 1948 and handles over 62 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → New York (JFK) route is operated by American Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines. Across 720 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.78%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to New York (JFK) heads north-east for about 2,445 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 29m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 61% of AUS-JFK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 720 tracked AUS-JFK flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-JFK
On the Austin (AUS) -> New York (JFK) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 720 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-New York is 2.78% across 720 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
