Japan Airlines Delay Rate, Cancellations & On-Time Performance JL

On-time departure and arrival rates compiled from operational records, covering every flight operated to and from Japan. Switch the period with the tabs below.

Delay rate 18.6% Delay rate is the share of flights departing more than 15 minutes after schedule (100% − on-time departure)

Cancellation: 0.8% / Avg delay when late: 38min

Last 28 days ・ 23300 flights ・ Includes estimates 759 estimated

Some airlines do not publish gate departure/arrival times. For those flights we estimate the gate times from the takeoff/landing record and the airport's measured taxi times (validated at 3.5 min mean error, 94.4% agreement on the on-time call). Without the estimate, those airlines' flights would drop out of the sample entirely and cross-airline comparison would break.

DailyWeeklyMonthly

Daily · Last 30 days

On-time departureOn timeDelayed

50%70%90%01000 85%61.3%83.4%2026-09-06855 flights ・ Avg delay when late +29minOn time 713 ・ Delayed 14275%2026-09-07863 flights ・ Avg delay when late +31minOn time 647 ・ Delayed 21678.3%2026-09-08868 flights ・ Avg delay when late +34minOn time 680 ・ Delayed 18864.7%2026-09-09870 flights ・ Avg delay when late +41minOn time 563 ・ Delayed 30786.8%2026-09-10871 flights ・ Avg delay when late +29minOn time 756 ・ Delayed 11578.7%2026-09-11873 flights ・ Avg delay when late +28minOn time 687 ・ Delayed 18689.8%2026-09-12827 flights ・ Avg delay when late +30minOn time 743 ・ Delayed 8485.6%2026-09-13856 flights ・ Avg delay when late +32minOn time 733 ・ Delayed 12366.5%2026-09-14853 flights ・ Avg delay when late +30minOn time 567 ・ Delayed 28671.6%2026-09-15864 flights ・ Avg delay when late +31minOn time 619 ・ Delayed 24582.9%2026-09-16872 flights ・ Avg delay when late +30minOn time 723 ・ Delayed 14986.5%2026-09-17867 flights ・ Avg delay when late +28minOn time 750 ・ Delayed 11786.6%2026-09-18863 flights ・ Avg delay when late +29minOn time 747 ・ Delayed 11689.6%2026-09-19868 flights ・ Avg delay when late +25minOn time 778 ・ Delayed 9078.4%2026-09-20847 flights ・ Avg delay when late +48minOn time 664 ・ Delayed 18361.3%2026-09-21727 flights ・ Avg delay when late +83minOn time 446 ・ Delayed 28171.1%2026-09-22871 flights ・ Avg delay when late +64minOn time 619 ・ Delayed 25289.4%2026-09-23868 flights ・ Avg delay when late +50minOn time 776 ・ Delayed 9281.6%2026-09-24865 flights ・ Avg delay when late +28minOn time 706 ・ Delayed 15988.4%2026-09-25872 flights ・ Avg delay when late +37minOn time 771 ・ Delayed 10186.2%2026-09-26863 flights ・ Avg delay when late +33minOn time 744 ・ Delayed 11985.5%2026-09-27864 flights ・ Avg delay when late +32minOn time 739 ・ Delayed 12564%2026-09-28862 flights ・ Avg delay when late +33minOn time 552 ・ Delayed 31077.9%2026-09-29864 flights ・ Avg delay when late +33minOn time 673 ・ Delayed 19182.1%2026-09-30864 flights ・ Avg delay when late +37minOn time 709 ・ Delayed 15584.5%2026-10-01869 flights ・ Avg delay when late +32minOn time 734 ・ Delayed 13586.9%2026-10-02871 flights ・ Avg delay when late +38minOn time 757 ・ Delayed 11489.5%2026-10-03867 flights ・ Avg delay when late +29minOn time 776 ・ Delayed 9192.1%2026-10-04 (Provisional)836 flights ・ Avg delay when late +27minOn time 770 ・ Delayed 6685%2026-10-05 (Provisional)761 flights ・ Avg delay when late +36minOn time 647 ・ Delayed 114

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Line = on-time departure rate (left axis); bars = flights operated (right axis), stacked as on-time and delayed. Hover (or tap) a point for the breakdown and the average delay of delayed flights. The green band marks 90% on-time departures and above. Dashed segments and pale bars are provisional, before the actuals are final.

Weekly · Last 12 weeks (from Monday)

On-time departureOn timeDelayed

70%80%90%010000 85%75.6%76.8%Week of 2026-07-204673 flights ・ Avg delay when late +45minOn time 3587 ・ Delayed 108678.5%Week of 2026-07-275771 flights ・ Avg delay when late +33minOn time 4533 ・ Delayed 123877.4%Week of 2026-08-035888 flights ・ Avg delay when late +36minOn time 4558 ・ Delayed 133077%Week of 2026-08-106209 flights ・ Avg delay when late +38minOn time 4783 ・ Delayed 142675.6%Week of 2026-08-176119 flights ・ Avg delay when late +39minOn time 4628 ・ Delayed 149176.8%Week of 2026-08-246060 flights ・ Avg delay when late +35minOn time 4654 ・ Delayed 140685.2%Week of 2026-08-316032 flights ・ Avg delay when late +30minOn time 5140 ・ Delayed 89279.8%Week of 2026-09-076028 flights ・ Avg delay when late +34minOn time 4809 ・ Delayed 121980.3%Week of 2026-09-146034 flights ・ Avg delay when late +32minOn time 4848 ・ Delayed 118681%Week of 2026-09-215930 flights ・ Avg delay when late +53minOn time 4801 ・ Delayed 112982.4%Week of 2026-09-28 (Provisional)6033 flights ・ Avg delay when late +33minOn time 4971 ・ Delayed 106285%Week of 2026-10-05 (Provisional)761 flights ・ Avg delay when late +36minOn time 647 ・ Delayed 114

Jul 20Aug 10Aug 31Oct 5

Monthly · Last 12 months

On-time departureOn timeDelayed

70%80%90%050000 87.6%76.8%76.8%2026-0710983 flights ・ Avg delay when late +39minOn time 8438 ・ Delayed 254577.4%2026-0826854 flights ・ Avg delay when late +36minOn time 20778 ・ Delayed 607680.7%2026-0925746 flights ・ Avg delay when late +37minOn time 20778 ・ Delayed 496887.6%2026-10 (Provisional)4204 flights ・ Avg delay when late +33minOn time 3684 ・ Delayed 520

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“Provisional” values are preliminary. The last 2 days are still being corrected, so they may change slightly.

Fleet rotation highlights for 10/5

Provisional

Among aircraft that flew two or more legs yesterday, these had the lowest and highest average departure delay per flight (early departures count as 0). Actual times may still be corrected during the day.

On timeLate (16+ min)Very late (60+ min)CancelledDivertedSchedule-basedUnknown

Most delayed aircraft

JA10RK avg +98.5 min · 6 flights · 16.7% on time

69121518212427

NU13OKJ→OKAS 08:30 10:35A 08:30 10:34

NU36OKA→KMQS 11:15 13:25A 13:58 16:10

NU188KMQ→HNDS 14:55 16:05A 16:53 17:58

NU189HND→KMQS 16:45 17:55A 18:49 19:51

NU190KMQ→HNDS 18:40 19:50A 20:25 21:20

NU193HND→KMQS 20:40 21:45A 22:01 23:02

Flight	Leg	Sched	Actual	Dep delay
NU13	OKJ→OKA	08:30 10:35	08:30 10:34	±0
NU36	OKA→KMQ	11:15 13:25	13:58 16:10	+163
NU188	KMQ→HND	14:55 16:05	16:53 17:58	+118
NU189	HND→KMQ	16:45 17:55	18:49 19:51	+124
NU190	KMQ→HND	18:40 19:50	20:25 21:20	+105
NU193	HND→KMQ	20:40 21:45	22:01 23:02	+81

Most on-time aircraft

JA07JC avg +0 min · 6 flights · 100% on time

912151821

JL3831ASJ→KKXS 09:28 09:40A — —

JL3830KKX→ASJS 10:19 10:28A — —

JL3867OKA→ASJS 14:07 14:54A — —

JL3837ASJ→KKXS 15:51 15:59A — —

JL3836KKX→ASJS 16:32 16:42A — —

JL3734ASJ→KOJS 17:29 18:26A — —

Flight	Leg	Sched	Actual	Dep delay
JL3831	ASJ→KKX	09:28 09:40	— —	−17
JL3830	KKX→ASJ	10:19 10:28	— —	−6
JL3867	OKA→ASJ	14:07 14:54	— —	−21
JL3837	ASJ→KKX	15:51 15:59	— —	−17
JL3836	KKX→ASJ	16:32 16:42	— —	−12
JL3734	ASJ→KOJ	17:29 18:26	— —	−11

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By route

Last 24 months

Most punctual

	Dep	n	Arr
Izumo Enmusubi→Fukuoka IZO-FUK	100.0%	n=121	100.0%
Fukuoka→Izumo Enmusubi FUK-IZO	100.0%	n=119	100.0%
Osaka Itami→Konotori Tajima ITM-TJH	100.0%	n=107	100.0%
Kansai→Miyako KIX-MMY	100.0%	n=70	100.0%
Kikai→Kagoshima KKX-KOJ	100.0%	n=64	100.0%
Konotori Tajima→Osaka Itami TJH-ITM	100.0%	n=47	100.0%
Matsuyama→Kagoshima MYJ-KOJ	100.0%	n=45	100.0%
Oki Global Geopark→Izumo Enmusubi OKI-IZO	100.0%	n=35	100.0%
Kagoshima→Kikai KOJ-KKX	100.0%	n=31	100.0%
Daniel K. Inouye→Narita HNL-NRT	98.6%	n=73	91.8%

Least punctual

	Dep	n	Arr
Amami→Tokyo Haneda ASJ-HND	23.2%	n=69	32.4%
Suvarnabhumi→Kansai BKK-KIX	33.8%	n=74	25.7%
Narita→Los Angeles NRT-LAX	37.5%	n=72	44.4%
Tokyo Haneda→Amami HND-ASJ	37.7%	n=69	42.0%
Narita→San Francisco NRT-SFO	43.1%	n=72	48.6%
Narita→Boston Logan NRT-BOS	43.8%	n=73	63.0%
Tokyo Haneda→Los Angeles HND-LAX	43.8%	n=73	47.9%
Narita→Seattle–Tacoma NRT-SEA	44.4%	n=72	41.7%
Narita→San Diego NRT-SAN	48.5%	n=68	58.8%
Naha→Tokyo Haneda OKA-HND	49.2%	n=918	58.2%

Routes flown

and 275 more

Routes not in the ranking above, ordered by flights in the last 28 days. The route pages show every airline's record.

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Domestic / International

	On-time departure		Avg delay when late	n
Domestic		81.6%	+31min	n=19605
International		80%	+79min	n=3507

Avg delay when late counts only flights that departed more than 15 minutes behind schedule

By aircraft type

		Avg delay when late	n
Wide-body
B787	78%	+65min	n=2736
A350	63.4%	+38min	n=2207
B777	76.8%	+73min	n=297
Mid-size
B767	76.5%	+39min	n=2705
Narrow-body
B737	81.1%	+31min	n=7823
Regional
E-Jet	89%	+28min	n=6015
ATR	96.2%	+44min	n=1329

Avg delay when late counts only flights that departed more than 15 minutes behind schedule / Variants of the same type (B788, B789, B78X and so on) are grouped into one row.

By departure time

		Avg delay when late	n
0:00-3:00	81.7%	+82min	n=338
3:00-6:00	89.5%	+25min	n=57
6:00-9:00	93.3%	+56min	n=3941
9:00-12:00	85.4%	+39min	n=5145
12:00-15:00	76.9%	+35min	n=4526
15:00-18:00	75.1%	+34min	n=4536
18:00-21:00	76.5%	+38min	n=4080
21:00-24:00	81.6%	+56min	n=489

Avg delay when late counts only flights that departed more than 15 minutes behind schedule

By day of week Last 24 months

Mon

Dep

76%n=8536

Arr

74.3%n=8518

Tue

Dep

75.3%n=8641

Arr

73.5%n=8618

Wed

Dep

81.1%n=8615

Arr

80.1%n=8597

Thu

Dep

77.8%n=9487

Arr

76.4%n=9450

Fri

Dep

78.6%n=9397

Arr

77.7%n=9362

Sat

Dep

85.2%n=9284

Arr

85.3%n=9262

Sun

Dep

78.6%n=8570

Arr

78.9%n=8549

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Updated: 2026-10-06 / Last 28 days