Flights Sarasota → New York
SRQ → JFK
Route overview
The flight route from Sarasota to New York operates with an Embraer 190 aircraft and has a 72% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 18.4 minutes when flights are not on time. The destination airport, which opened in 1948, serves 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 Sarasota (SRQ) → New York (JFK) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 232 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.60%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (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 Sarasota the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Sarasota (SRQ) to New York (JFK) heads north-east for about 1,678 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 31m.
Departures from Sarasota on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 74% of SRQ-JFK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Sarasota the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 232 tracked SRQ-JFK flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 5.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about SRQ-JFK
On the Sarasota (SRQ) -> New York (JFK) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 232 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Sarasota-New York is 5.60% across 232 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: JetBlue Airways.
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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.
