Flights Jacksonville → New York
JAX → LGA
Route overview
The flight route from Jacksonville to New York operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 75%. Over the period in question, there were 335 flights with an average delay of 18.6 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at nearly 29 million passengers per year.
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 Jacksonville (JAX) → New York (LGA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 424 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.95%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.5/100 (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 Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Jacksonville (JAX) to New York (LGA) heads north-east for about 1,343 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 6m.
Departures from Jacksonville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of JAX-LGA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 424 tracked JAX-LGA flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 5.0% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about JAX-LGA
On the Jacksonville (JAX) -> New York (LGA) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 424 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Jacksonville-New York is 4.95% across 424 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
