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DL1859

New York (JFK) to San Juan (SJU) · scheduled 6:59 PM – 11:59 PM

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How DL1859 performs

1,061 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
67.8%
714 of 1,053 completed
Cancellation rate
0.75%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-1 min
Average 11.9 min
Severe delays
10.2%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
64 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
69.1%
Left the gate on time

DL1859 arrived on time 67.8% of the time, against 71.0% for all JFKSJU flights — this specific departure is 3.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 12.7 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,061 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL185967.8%0.75%-1 min10.2%1,061
Delta Air Lines on JFKSJU80.5%0.79%-11 min6.2%3,309
All JFKSJU flights71.0%1.51%-5 min11.5%11,028

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does DL1859 run worse on particular days?

Monday67.1%
Tuesday72.7%
Wednesday68.8%
Thursday65.4%
Friday70.3%
Saturday67.1%
Sunday63.8%

Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 8.8 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,061 records of DL1859 operating JFKSJU, 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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