Holiday travel
Holiday travel at JFK
John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, NY. July 2023 – July 2026. Set against JFK’s own ordinary days of the same weekday in the weeks around each holiday.
The five holidays at JFK
At JFK, Memorial Day ran furthest below ordinary days (−3.7 points) and Labor Day furthest above (+10.3 points).
Each row pools every year of that holiday’s window at JFK and sets it against JFK’s own ordinary days of the same weekdays in the weeks around it. Open a holiday for its day-by-day figures.
| Holiday | On time | Gap from usual, points | Cancelled | Worst day | Best day | All airports, gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving3 times in the data | 78.2%usual 80.4% | −2.2worseyears: 2 about the same, 1 worse | 0.93%usual 1.31% | Sunday after (three of three) | Thanksgiving Day (three of three) | −2.1worse |
| Christmas to New Year’s3 times in the data | 72.5%usual 76.1% | −3.6worseyears: 1 better, 2 worse | 2.19%usual 1.75% | December 27 (two of three) | Moved each year | −3.2worse |
| July 44 times in the data | 72.1%usual 67.9% | +4.2betteryears: 1 better, 3 about the same | 4.36%usual 5.57% | July 1 (two of four) | Moved each year | +5.2better |
| Memorial Day3 times in the data | 73.1%usual 76.8% | −3.7worseyears: 2 about the same, 1 worse | 1.33%usual 1.23% | Sunday before (two of three) | Saturday before (two of three) | −0.3about the same |
| Labor Day3 times in the data | 85.5%usual 75.2% | +10.3betteryears: 3 better | 0.17%usual 2.96% | Saturday before (two of three) | Labor Day (two of three) | +4.2better |
A dash means fewer than 120 flights stood behind the figure, or behind the ordinary days it would be compared with: too few to print a rate, and nothing is estimated in its place. “Usual” is what ordinary days of the same weekday had at the same place in the weeks around the holiday, weighted by the flights being compared.