Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

New York → Washington via Boston: arrives on time 25%

  1. 15:55 JFK → 17:22 BOS
    B6 618 · JetBlue · 1h 27m · 59% on time, 5.1% cancelled
  2. 50m layover in Boston (BOS) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 18:12 BOS → 19:59 DCA
    B6 1955 · JetBlue · 1h 47m · 57% on time, 5.6% cancelled

Total trip 4h 04m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 50 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection49%The first flight arrived more than 5 minutes late on 51% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 50m layover.
Arrives on time25%First flight not cancelled (5.1% are) × connection made (49%) × second flight not cancelled (5.6% are) and within 15 minutes (57%).
Total trip4h 04mJFK 15:55 to DCA 19:59, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.