B6161JetBlue Airways · JFK → SMF
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Route confirmed JetBlue Airways

B6161 New YorkJFK · 18:30 SacramentoSMF · 22:03

B6161 by JetBlue Airways flies from New York (JFK) to Sacramento (SMF).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
18:30

scheduled from JFK

Typical gate push−2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−44 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~42 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+52+103+155 min
10-24
−14 gate · −56 arrival
10-23
+155 gate · −55 arrival
10-22
−4 gate · −44 arrival
10-21
−4 gate · −44 arrival
10-20
+5 gate · −41 arrival
10-19
+0 gate · −43 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −44 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
JFK→SMFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at JFK and SMF are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

New York to Sacramento with JetBlue Airways · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.5%0.4× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.4%0.6× usual

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How B6161 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for B6161 across the JFK and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~31 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how B6161 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-24JFK 18:30 18:16 (−14)SMF 22:03 21:07 (−56)
10-23JFK 19:03 21:38 (+155)SMF 22:33 21:38 (−55)
10-22JFK 17:59 17:55 (−4)SMF 21:21 20:37 (−44)
10-21JFK 18:30 18:26 (−4)SMF 21:59 21:15 (−44)
10-20JFK 18:30 18:35 (+5)SMF 21:59 21:18 (−41)
10-19JFK 17:29 (+0)SMF 20:49 20:06 (−43)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N2039J, N950JT, N913JB, N948JB.

Board clocks recorded as JFK and SMF published them.

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