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B61573
Newark (EWR) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 7:45 AM – 12:13 PM
How B61573 performs
629 operations, October 2023 – August 2026.
Between its first and last recorded date on EWR → LAX, B61573 averaged about 4 operations a week (629 in 1,038 days, cancelled ones included).
B61573 arrived on time 78.8% of the time, against 74.3% for all EWR → LAX flights, so this departure is 4.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against JetBlue’s own flights on this route it is 2.5 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 629 operations, October 2023 – August 2026 · If B61573 is cancelled or significantly changed, DOT’s automatic refund rule may entitle you to your money back. The refund checker walks through eligibility.
Where B61573 is right now
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Against the rest of the route
| Flight or route | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B61573 | 78.8% | 1.11% | -13 min | 8.7% | 629 |
| JetBlue on EWR → LAX | 76.3% | 1.73% | -9 min | 10.3% | 2,374 |
| All EWR → LAX flights | 74.3% | 2.10% | -6 min | 10.7% | 16,676 |
B61573 cancelled 7 of 629 operations (1.11%), below the 2.10% for EWR → LAX.
8.7% of B61573’s arrivals were an hour or more late, against 10.7% across EWR → LAX, so the long delays are less common on this number than on the route.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · October 2023 – August 2026
Why B61573 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 and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for B61573 on EWR → LAX. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering October 2023 – August 2026
Does a late aircraft delay this flight?
How often the plane that flies B61573 comes in late, and what that does to the departure.
When the aircraft came in 15 or more minutes late, B61573 pushed back an average of 28 minutes late; when it came in on time or early, an average of 0 minutes late.
Matched by tail number to the aircraft’s previous flight into EWR: 573 of 623 departures. Unknown, cancelled or diverted inbounds and gaps over 12 hours are left out.
Against the network at the same turn length
| Share of departures | Inbound landed 15+ late | Left 15+ late after a late inbound | Left 15+ late after an on-time inbound |
|---|---|---|---|
| B61573 | 21% | 48% | 8% |
| Network, same turn | 23% | 40% | 9% |
A long gap on the ground gives a late aircraft room to catch up, though this flight has passed a late inbound on more often than the network does.
The network row is every flight with a scheduled turn of 90 minutes to 3 hours. How often B61573’s aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late is about the same as the network’s and, once the aircraft was late, how often B61573 left 15 or more minutes late is higher than the network’s.
Which Flight Numbers Pay for a Late Aircraft ranks the flight numbers that pass a late aircraft on.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering October 2023 – August 2026
From pushback to gate
When it leaves EWR late, does that still matter by the time it reaches LAX?
B61573 pushes back an average of 10.0 minutes late and reaches the gate at LAX an average of 1.1 minutes late. The 8.9 minutes between those two figures are slack the published schedule already carries, so a late pushback is partly, not fully, made up before the gate. It spends 24.9 minutes on the taxiways at EWR, 1.5 minutes longer than a typical EWR departure in the same hour.
On arrival at LAX, B61573 spends 10.5 min taxiing from touchdown to the gate — ground time a connecting passenger sits through before they can even leave the aircraft, on top of however late the flight itself ran. That is about what any arrival at LAX spends on the ground before reaching the gate.
Taxi-out is gate to wheels up and sits inside the scheduled block; the hourly comparison is 31,694 EWR departures. Taxi-in is landing to gate, set against 611,660 arrivals at LAX. More on taxi time.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · October 2023 – August 2026
The hour it leaves EWR
B61573 has one departure time, 7:45 AM, so this is what that hour at EWR is worth.
On-time arrival rate. 31,694 departures from EWR are scheduled in the 7 AM–8 AM hour over the period, against 397,593 across the whole day.
B61573 is scheduled out of EWR at 7:45 AM, in the 7 AM–8 AM bank. Departures from EWR in that hour arrive on time 86.3% of the time against 77.5% across the airport’s whole day — the slot alone is worth 8.8 points better before anything about this particular flight is considered.
Both airport figures cover every destination from EWR, so they describe the slot, not this journey; the route comparison is above. Why the hour matters.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · October 2023 – August 2026 · Hours below 120 departures are not scored.
Other routes B61573 has flown
Carriers reassign flight numbers. B61573 also served this other city pair in the period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFK→CHS New York to Charleston | March 30, 2025 – April 29, 2025 | 31 | — |
The figures above describe only EWR → LAX, the route B61573 flies now.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
45 min late
against a median of 13 min early
Percentiles over 629 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering October 2023 – August 2026
Other flights on this route
Same airports, same journey, different odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2434 | United Airlines | 83.3% | 9 min early | 955 |
| AS285 | Alaska Airlines | 81.1% | 10 min early | 642 |
| AS289 | Alaska Airlines | 81.0% | 7 min early | 750 |
| B61573 this flight | JetBlue | 78.8% | 13 min early | 629 |
| UA2679 | United Airlines | 78.2% | 7 min early | 907 |
| UA2403 | United Airlines | 74.9% | 6 min early | 627 |
| UA2191 | United Airlines | 73.4% | 5 min early | 680 |
| AS287 | Alaska Airlines | 67.5% | 3 min early | 1,018 |
Among all 8 departures on this route with at least 600 operations, B61573 has the 4th highest on-time rate, 4.5 points behind the best. Every departure here has at least 600 operations; the other rows are the most punctual on the route, not all of them.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 629 records of B61573 operating EWR → LAX, 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 reported separately, not in the on-time rate.
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