Buffalo (BUF) – New York (JFK)
- Distance
- 484 km
- 301 mi · 262 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 27 min / 1 h 32 min
- Average gate to gate: BUF → JFK / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 111 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (66 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 429,221
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −9.8%
- Flights / week
- 96
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 537,211 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- B6, 9E
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from BUF
- 120°
- Heading from JFK
- 303°
- Halfway point
- 41.82, -76.21
- Great-circle km
- 484 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BUF → JFK
- 1 h
- In the air JFK → BUF
- 58 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 46,287 |
| Sep 2025 | 43,642 |
| Oct 2025 | 45,299 |
| Nov 2025 | 38,430 |
| Dec 2025 | 32,715 |
| Jan 2026 | 21,964 |
| Feb 2026 | 25,251 |
| Mar 2026 | 29,143 |
| Apr 2026 | 27,849 |
| May 2026 | 39,316 |
| Jun 2026 | 40,134 |
| Jul 2026 | 39,191 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 475 |
| Sep 2025 | 474 |
| Oct 2025 | 512 |
| Nov 2025 | 447 |
| Dec 2025 | 365 |
| Jan 2026 | 313 |
| Feb 2026 | 337 |
| Mar 2026 | 389 |
| Apr 2026 | 364 |
| May 2026 | 454 |
| Jun 2026 | 452 |
| Jul 2026 | 401 |
Airlines flying BUF–JFK nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 45 | 62% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 51 | 38% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 2,656 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 1,792 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 466 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 40 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 19 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 4 flights
- Embraer 190 · 2 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1 flight
Also carried: 2 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 22 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 5.4%
- Flights counted
- 2,435
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 19% · weather 2% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $142
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $139
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 52% of passengers · $155
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 47% of passengers · $128
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $134 · Q3 2025 $141 · Q4 2025 $140 · Q1 2026 $142).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $145, likely $125–$165
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.6%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 6% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 484 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Buffalo and New York
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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |