Flight profile · JetBlue
B61873
Newark (EWR) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 5:50 PM – 11:59 PM
How B61873 performs
537 operations, 2023-07-02 to 2026-06-30.
B61873 arrived on time 65.8% of the time, against 74.7% for all EWR → LAX flights — this specific departure is 8.8 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against JetBlue’s own flights on this route it is 10.8 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 537 operations between 2023-07-02 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B61873 | 65.8% | 2.05% | -2 min | 14.7% | 537 |
| JetBlue on EWR → LAX | 76.6% | 1.43% | -9 min | 9.8% | 2,242 |
| All EWR → LAX flights | 74.7% | 1.98% | -6 min | 10.4% | 15,888 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-02 to 2026-06-30
Other routes B61873 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFK→CHS New York to Charleston | 2026-04-01 – 2026-04-13 | 12 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route B61873 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
84 min late
against a median of 2 min early
B61873 is a flight whose average understates its risk: a typical day arrives 2 min early, 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 537 operations. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are counted separately rather than as very late arrivals.
Why B61873 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for B61873 on EWR → LAX. 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 EWR → LAX
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2434 | United Airlines | 82.9% | 8 min early | 896 |
| AS285 | Alaska Airlines | 81.1% | 10 min early | 642 |
| AS289 | Alaska Airlines | 81.0% | 7 min early | 750 |
| UA2679 | United Airlines | 78.3% | 6 min early | 845 |
| UA2191 | United Airlines | 74.9% | 6 min early | 620 |
| UA2403 | United Airlines | 74.9% | 6 min early | 627 |
| AS287 | Alaska Airlines | 67.9% | 3 min early | 956 |
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 537 records of B61873 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 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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