Flight profile · JetBlue
B61242
West Palm Beach (PBI) to Hartford (BDL) · scheduled 8:55 PM – 11:50 PM
How B61242 performs
270 operations, 2024-03-01 to 2026-05-18.
B61242 arrived on time 63.6% of the time, against 79.2% for all PBI → BDL flights — this specific departure is 15.5 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against JetBlue’s own flights on this route it is 15.5 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 270 operations between 2024-03-01 to 2026-05-18
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B61242 | 63.6% | 2.22% | 2 min | 15.5% | 270 |
| JetBlue on PBI → BDL | 79.2% | 1.65% | -7 min | 8.8% | 1,577 |
| All PBI → BDL flights | 79.2% | 1.65% | -7 min | 8.8% | 1,577 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-03-01 to 2026-05-18
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
88 min late
against a median of 2 min late
B61242 is a flight whose average understates its risk: a typical day arrives 2 min late, but the worst tenth of days are 86 minutes worse than that. If the day has something unmissable in it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 270 operations. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are counted separately rather than as very late arrivals.
Why B61242 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for B61242 on PBI → BDL. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on PBI → BDL
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B61142 | JetBlue | 84.5% | 9 min early | 1,032 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 270 records of B61242 operating PBI → BDL, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.
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