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LGA
LaGuardia Airport
78.3% of departures from LGA arrived on time across 456,467 flights, July 2023 – July 2026. The weakest hour is 10 PM, at 67.6%. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for the most delay minutes.
LGA right now
Live conditions where a permitted source publishes them, and the historical record where none does.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
93.2% leave on time
06:00–06:59 local · 32,995 departures on record
When flights run late in this hour, most of the delay is attributed to the airline.
Historical pattern for LGA from US DOT BTS — not a live reading.
Minimal operational impact. Conditions are not a notable factor for operations right now.
UpdatedForecast issued 08:30Z.
UpdatedBelow 10,000 ft, so aircraft overflying at cruise are not counted. These are observations, not an operational status: a count is a floor, since receiver coverage varies and a movement between two samples can be missed.
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Airport reliability
Departures from LGA, July 2023 – July 2026.
Better than 6% of major US airports covered by FlyerIntel (64 compared)
Calculated from 456,467 flights. How this is calculated
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
Why flights are cancelled at LGA
Every cancellation carries a reason code filed by the airline that operated the flight. Departures, July 2023 – July 2026.
Extreme weather accounts for 48.9% of cancelled departures from LGA — about 1 in every 62 scheduled departures. That is 11 points lower than the 59.5% recorded across every airport FlyerIntel covers.
Share of cancellations
Of 15,086 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
7,373 cancellations, 48.9% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
4,725 cancellations, 31.3% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
2,987 cancellations, 19.8% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
1 cancellation, <0.1% of the total.
15,086 of 456,467 scheduled departures from LGA were cancelled. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
By carrier
| Carrier | Cancelled | Rate | Airline | Weather | Air traffic | Security |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways YX | 6,156 | 4.17% | 19% | 39% | 42% | 0% |
| Delta Air Lines DL | 2,116 | 2.45% | 35% | 52% | 13% | 0% |
| Endeavor Air 9E | 1,767 | 3.59% | 15% | 31% | 53% | 0% |
| American Airlines AA | 1,536 | 2.93% | 9% | 82% | 9% | 0% |
| Southwest Airlines WN | 994 | 2.73% | 18% | 54% | 27% | <1% |
| JetBlue B6 | 664 | 2.73% | 18% | 33% | 49% | 0% |
| Spirit Airlines NK | 646 | 3.37% | 15% | 74% | 11% | 0% |
| United Airlines UA | 620 | 2.35% | 27% | 62% | 11% | 0% |
Shares are of each carrier’s own coded cancellations at LGA and run across the row, so they total 100%. “Rate” is cancellations as a share of that carrier’s scheduled departures here. Two carriers on the same runways in the same weather can file very different splits, so read this as what each airline reported about itself, not as a ranking of fault. Carriers below the published minimum of coded cancellations are not listed.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026 · Reason codes are each airline’s own filing, not an independent finding of fault. Shown for airports with at least 500 coded cancellations; 15,086 were recorded at LGA.
Why flights run late at LGA
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on departures from LGA.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for departures from LGA. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Of the 77,086 departures from LGA that left 15 or more minutes late and have a known inbound aircraft, 65% followed a flight that landed 15 or more minutes late. The other 35% left late even though the aircraft had come in on time or early. Across the 64 covered airports that share runs from 47% to 73%, with a median of 62%; LGA’s is the 13th highest.
The late flight is the one the same aircraft flew into LGA just before, found from the tail number in the DOT file. Airlines and hours differ from one airport to the next, so this describes the departures from LGA and does not rate the airport.
An airport is only partly the author of its own delays. Late-arriving aircraft describes the national schedule arriving here more than anything about this airfield. Air traffic control covers airspace and airport capacity, which is where a congested airport shows up; only the airline category sits squarely inside the carriers’ own operation. How differently they run it is further down this page.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What weather costs at LGA
Departures from LGA by the weather at the airport in the hour they were scheduled to leave, July 2023 – July 2026.
12.4% of scheduled departures from LGA left in an hour of bad weather. 9.0% of them were cancelled, against 2.2% in normal conditions, and 63.6% of the ones that flew arrived on time, against 80.9%. Those hours held 34% of all cancelled departures. That is about 3,823 more cancellations than the normal-conditions rate would give.
Cancellations were highest in thunderstorm hours: 35.8% of 3,371 departures, 16.3 times the normal rate.
Airlines filed 49% of LGA’s coded cancellations under extreme weather. By the weather at the airport in the scheduled hour, 34% of cancelled departures were in bad-weather hours. A code is the airline’s stated reason and an hour’s weather is what the airport reported, so the two need not match.
By weather
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Weather at the airport | Departures | Cancelled | Left on time | Arrived on time | Avg. departure delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal conditionsVFR with no thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 360,32579.0% of all | 2.2% | 81.3% | 80.9% | 10.8 min |
| Any bad weatherIFR or LIFR, or a thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 56,33912.4% of all | 9.0%4.1 times normal | 69.8% | 63.6%17.3 points below normal | 25.5 min |
| MVFRceiling 1,000 to 3,000 feet or visibility 3 to 5 miles | 43,0829.4% of all | 6.5%3.0 times normal | 75.2% | 71.3%9.6 points below normal | 18.6 min |
| IFRceiling 500 to 999 feet or visibility 1 to under 3 miles | 26,2465.8% of all | 7.6%3.4 times normal | 73.3% | 67.1%13.8 points below normal | 22.1 min |
| LIFRceiling under 500 feet or visibility under 1 mile | 10,3242.3% of all | 13.4%6.1 times normal | 72.3% | 66.2%14.7 points below normal | 25.0 min |
| Thunderstorma thunderstorm reported at the airport | 3,3710.7% of all | 35.8%16.3 times normal | 40.2% | 25.9%55.0 points below normal | 92.4 min |
| Snow or icesnow, snow grains, ice pellets, freezing rain or freezing drizzle | 5,8891.3% of all | 26.2%11.9 times normal | 62.4% | 38.3%42.6 points below normal | 37.2 min |
| Fogfog or freezing fog reported at the airport | 1,5320.3% of all | 30.1%13.7 times normal | 72.4% | 64.7%16.2 points below normal | 37.6 min |
| Heavy rainheavy rain reported at the airport | 3,3200.7% of all | 21.4%9.7 times normal | 59.4% | 52.3%28.6 points below normal | 45.5 min |
| High windwind of 25 knots or more, or gusts of 30 knots or more | 17,4283.8% of all | 8.0%3.6 times normal | 64.9% | 60.0%20.9 points below normal | 28.1 min |
| Low ceilinga broken or overcast layer under 1,000 feet | 31,3186.9% of all | 7.7%3.5 times normal | 74.1% | 69.0%11.9 points below normal | 21.1 min |
| Low visibilityvisibility under 3 miles | 22,0234.8% of all | 11.1%5.0 times normal | 71.4% | 64.1%16.8 points below normal | 25.3 min |
A departure is counted in every row its hour fits, so the rows overlap and do not add up. Left on time is a departure under 15 minutes late, and arrived on time an arrival under 15 minutes late; cancelled is the share of scheduled departures. Rows with fewer than 120 departures are not scored.
This is the weather reported at LGA in the hour a flight was scheduled to leave. It leaves out the weather at the destination and on the way, weather that arrived after the scheduled time, and anything else that goes wrong in a bad hour. An hour takes the worst conditions any report in it gave. Weather was matched to 99.9% of the airport’s scheduled departures; the rest left in hours with no report, or at a scheduled time the flight records cannot place exactly. Bad-weather hours are compared with normal hours at the same airport, not with what the same flights would have done in a clear sky: they also fall more often in some seasons and at some times of day.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.
Which airlines hold up in bad weather at LGA
Cancellations by airline in hours of bad weather at LGA, against the other carriers in the same months, July 2023 – July 2026.
12% of the weather-matched departures from LGA left in an hour of bad weather at the airport. 9.0% of them were cancelled. That is 4.1 times the 2.2% in normal hours. No one carrier holds most of them; 10 airlines have enough to compare.
Compared with the other carriers at LGA in the same months, United Airlines (5.2% cancelled against 9.5% for the others; below them in normal hours too) cancelled the fewest in bad weather and Republic Airways (12.4% cancelled against 8.3% for the others; above them in normal hours too) the most. 7 more airlines are also clearly apart from the others.
Airlines in bad weather at LGA
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Airline | Bad-weather departures | Cancelled | Other carriers | Normal hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 3,1596% of bad-weather | 5.2%below the others | 9.5% | 1.8%others 2.3% |
| Delta Air Lines | 10,84119% of bad-weather | 6.5%below the others | 9.9% | 1.6%others 2.3% |
| American Airlines | 6,68512% of bad-weather | 7.6%below the others | 9.3% | 2.0%others 2.2% |
| Southwest Airlines | 4,6108% of bad-weather | 7.6%below the others | 9.3% | 1.8%others 2.3% |
| JetBlue | 3,0075% of bad-weather | 6.9%below the others | 8.3% | 1.9%others 2.2% |
| Spirit Airlines | 2,5775% of bad-weather | 8.9% | 8.4% | 2.3%others 2.0% |
| Frontier Airlines | 8642% of bad-weather | 10.6%above the others | 8.7% | 3.8%others 2.2% |
| SkyWest Airlines | 9542% of bad-weather | 9.0%above the others | 6.7% | 2.1%others 1.8% |
| Endeavor Air | 5,48810% of bad-weather | 8.7%above the others | 6.0% | 2.6%others 1.7% |
| Republic Airways | 18,15432% of bad-weather | 12.4%above the others | 8.3% | 2.6%others 2.1% |
Best first. The other carriers’ column applies their rate in each month to the airline’s own departures, so a stormy month is not held against it; the normal-hours column gives the same pair outside bad weather.
The 10 listed airlines flew nearly every bad-weather departure at LGA. The comparison does not hold the hour of the day, the destination or the aircraft fixed, and a gap counts as clear only at 2 standard errors and 0.3 points. SkyWest Airlines, Endeavor Air and Republic Airways fly for mainline airlines and are counted as carriers of their own here, though they share the airport’s gates, its de-icing and often its decisions to cancel.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.
Turning aircraft around at LGA
Time on the ground between one flight and the next of the same aircraft at LGA, and what a late arrival does to the next departure, July 2023 – July 2026.
The median turn at LGA is scheduled for 55 minutes on the ground and takes 62 minutes, against 56 minutes and 63 minutes across all airports. The 7 minutes by which the typical turn runs over its schedule are about what it is across all airports.
When the aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late (62,986 turns here, 64 minutes late on average), 71% of the turns were finished in no more than the scheduled ground time, against 68% across all airports. 76% of those flights left 15 or more minutes late, against 72%. After an aircraft that landed on time, 9% did (all airports 11%).
Given the turn lengths scheduled here, the network’s rates would give 67% finished in the schedule and 74% leaving late. LGA finishes more late turns in the schedule than the network would, but lateness is passed on about as often. 41% of its late-inbound turns had a scheduled turn of 45 to 59 minutes, against 31% across all airports.
Turns at LGA against all airports
334,250 turns, July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | LGA | All airports | All airports, same turn lengths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median scheduled turn | 55 min | 56 min | — |
| Median actual turn | 62 min | 63 min | — |
| Turns that began with an aircraft 15+ minutes late | 19% | 19% | — |
| Late turns finished within the schedule | 71% | 68% | 67% |
| Late inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 76% | 72% | 74% |
| On-time inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 9% | 11% | — |
The last column is the network’s rate at the turn lengths scheduled at LGA, band by band from under 30 minutes to 3 to 6 hours. A turn finishes within the schedule when the aircraft spent no more time on the ground than the schedule gave it.
A turn pairs an aircraft’s landing at LGA with its next departure from it by tail number; the aircraft is never named. These 334,250 turns are 73% of the flights that left LGA in the period; the rest are an aircraft’s first flight after a long stay, flights without a usable inbound, and cancelled flights. Ground time runs from the gate. Turns under 30 minutes are kept, but most leave late even after an on-time landing.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records · July 2023 – July 2026 · Airports side by side: Where a Late Aircraft Gets Its Time Back.
What sets LGA apart
Where LGA’s hours, months, airlines and taxi time differ most from the other airports, July 2023 – July 2026.
Flights scheduled to leave LGA at 12 PM arrive on time 81.9% of the time, 2.3 points better than the 79.6% for that hour at the other airports.
10 PM is where LGA falls furthest behind the rest: 67.6% of its 10 PM departures arrive on time, 4.4 points below the 72.0% for that hour elsewhere.
August treats LGA better than it treats the rest of the country: 79.0% on time against 76.7% elsewhere, 2.3 points ahead.
December is LGA’s hardest month against the field, 76.2% on time to 78.7% elsewhere, 2.5 points short.
Spirit Airlines does better out of LGA than anywhere else it flies: 78.6% on time here, 75.4% on its other departures, 3.2 points apart.
Frontier Airlines’ departures from LGA arrive on time 63.9% of the time, 7.9 points worse than the 71.8% the same airline manages at its other airports.
Departing aircraft spend 24.5 minutes on average between pushback and takeoff at LGA, 6.0 minutes more than the 18.5 minutes at the other airports.
LGA against the other airports
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | LGA | Elsewhere | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 12 PM departures | 81.9% | 79.6% | +2.3 pts | 26,944 here, 955,972 elsewhere |
| Hour: 10 PM departures | 67.6% | 72.0% | −4.4 pts | 2,560 here, 477,240 elsewhere |
| Month: August | 79.0% | 76.7% | +2.3 pts | 38,039 here, 1,435,796 elsewhere |
| Month: December | 76.2% | 78.7% | −2.5 pts | 36,043 here, 1,386,884 elsewhere |
| Airline: Spirit Airlines | 78.6% | 75.4% | +3.2 pts | 18,476 here, 602,828 elsewhere |
| Airline: Frontier Airlines | 63.9% | 71.8% | −7.9 pts | 6,742 here, 608,219 elsewhere |
| Taxi-out: Departures | 24.5 min | 18.5 min | +6.0 min | 442,294 here, 17,187,815 elsewhere |
"Elsewhere" is every other covered airport together, taken from the same aggregates as this page with LGA’s own flights removed (for airlines, that airline’s flights from all its other airports). Hours, months and airlines appear only where both sides have at least 120 completed flights (airlines 500) and the gap is at least 2 points and 2 standard errors; only the largest gap in each direction is shown. The taxi figure is weighted by departures and has no error estimate, so it appears from 2 minutes.
Best time to fly from LGA
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time: each weekday and hour, and averaged over the week.
Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 88.7% of the time, against 69.2% for 6–9 PM departures — a gap of 19.5 percentage points.
By day and hour
On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time.
Wednesday 6–7 AM was the most reliable slot at LGA (92.0% on time, 5,341 flights) and Sunday 7–8 PM the least (64.1%, 4,425 flights).
Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 7.7 points from the airport-wide rate, weekday averages 2.1 points.
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On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time
- 60–64
- 65–69
- 70–74
- 75–79
- 80–84
- 85–89
- 90–94
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Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.
Best and worst slots are named only among slots with 500+ flights, and only when the gap is larger than sampling error. Departures after 11 PM (91 flights) are not drawn: no slot in those hours has enough flights to score.
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| Hour | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 AM–6 AM | 91.9% on time234 flights | 89.8% on time234 flights | 93.4% on time231 flights | 92.5% on time235 flights | 93.7% on time234 flights | 91.5% on time196 flights | 90.2% on time192 flights |
| 6 AM–7 AM | 90.8% on time5,346 flights | 91.4% on time5,343 flights | 92.0% on time5,341 flights | 91.8% on time5,313 flights | 91.0% on time5,303 flights | 89.4% on time3,047 flights | 89.9% on time3,302 flights |
| 7 AM–8 AM | 86.9% on time4,925 flights | 88.1% on time4,886 flights | 87.2% on time4,913 flights | 87.9% on time4,897 flights | 85.7% on time4,907 flights | 88.4% on time4,009 flights | 87.6% on time4,007 flights |
| 8 AM–9 AM | 87.3% on time4,608 flights | 87.5% on time4,636 flights | 88.9% on time4,631 flights | 87.7% on time4,596 flights | 85.0% on time4,595 flights | 87.0% on time2,995 flights | 87.9% on time3,038 flights |
| 9 AM–10 AM | 85.1% on time4,810 flights | 86.2% on time4,771 flights | 87.3% on time4,760 flights | 85.7% on time4,763 flights | 83.1% on time4,762 flights | 83.6% on time4,080 flights | 84.8% on time3,907 flights |
| 10 AM–11 AM | 84.1% on time4,025 flights | 85.5% on time4,007 flights | 86.4% on time3,990 flights | 83.9% on time3,995 flights | 83.3% on time3,997 flights | 81.5% on time3,058 flights | 83.1% on time3,587 flights |
| 11 AM–12 PM | 80.6% on time4,381 flights | 84.2% on time4,370 flights | 85.2% on time4,379 flights | 82.4% on time4,358 flights | 80.7% on time4,375 flights | 82.4% on time3,414 flights | 78.4% on time3,889 flights |
| 12 PM–1 PM | 80.5% on time4,168 flights | 83.6% on time4,172 flights | 85.1% on time4,168 flights | 83.1% on time4,134 flights | 78.8% on time4,114 flights | 82.9% on time2,714 flights | 79.2% on time4,152 flights |
| 1 PM–2 PM | 78.2% on time4,062 flights | 80.8% on time4,004 flights | 83.1% on time3,987 flights | 79.9% on time4,015 flights | 78.2% on time4,052 flights | 81.1% on time2,528 flights | 74.8% on time4,076 flights |
| 2 PM–3 PM | 73.6% on time4,483 flights | 76.9% on time4,447 flights | 76.8% on time4,420 flights | 74.9% on time4,418 flights | 73.2% on time4,461 flights | 78.9% on time2,812 flights | 73.1% on time4,423 flights |
| 3 PM–4 PM | 68.4% on time4,831 flights | 75.1% on time4,806 flights | 73.1% on time4,822 flights | 69.4% on time4,757 flights | 69.6% on time4,826 flights | 76.3% on time3,316 flights | 67.6% on time4,845 flights |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 67.5% on time3,871 flights | 73.2% on time3,842 flights | 69.4% on time3,848 flights | 68.3% on time3,806 flights | 67.3% on time3,848 flights | 76.0% on time2,952 flights | 67.2% on time3,874 flights |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 68.2% on time4,431 flights | 73.3% on time4,394 flights | 71.2% on time4,390 flights | 66.7% on time4,346 flights | 69.2% on time4,411 flights | 77.5% on time3,249 flights | 67.0% on time4,413 flights |
| 6 PM–7 PM | 68.5% on time4,595 flights | 74.0% on time4,570 flights | 69.6% on time4,555 flights | 67.7% on time4,503 flights | 68.9% on time4,567 flights | 75.5% on time1,923 flights | 65.5% on time4,580 flights |
| 7 PM–8 PM | 67.8% on time4,440 flights | 73.9% on time4,374 flights | 69.2% on time4,368 flights | 66.2% on time4,358 flights | 68.4% on time4,425 flights | 79.2% on time1,248 flights | 64.1% on time4,425 flights |
| 8 PM–9 PM | 70.0% on time4,030 flights | 74.7% on time3,934 flights | 70.7% on time4,002 flights | 66.4% on time3,960 flights | 68.4% on time3,986 flights | 75.8% on time700 flights | 65.1% on time4,015 flights |
| 9 PM–10 PM | 73.2% on time2,711 flights | 76.9% on time2,672 flights | 73.9% on time2,697 flights | 68.1% on time2,674 flights | 74.6% on time2,696 flights | 75.6% on time358 flights | 68.8% on time2,729 flights |
| 10 PM–11 PM | 63.7% on time415 flights | 73.2% on time396 flights | 71.1% on time409 flights | 64.8% on time415 flights | 68.2% on time421 flights | 69.7% on time253 flights | 63.4% on time412 flights |
By departure window
All days combinedBy departure hour
All days combined- 12 AM to 4 AM: too few flights to score
- 5 AM: 91.9% on time from 1,556 flights
- 6 AM: 91.1% on time from 32,995 flights
- 7 AM: 87.4% on time from 32,544 flights
- 8 AM: 87.3% on time from 29,099 flights
- 9 AM: 85.1% on time from 31,853 flights
- 10 AM: 84.1% on time from 26,659 flights
- 11 AM: 82.0% on time from 29,166 flights
- 12 PM: 81.9% on time from 27,622 flights
- 1 PM: 79.4% on time from 26,724 flights
- 2 PM: 75.2% on time from 29,464 flights
- 3 PM: 71.1% on time from 32,203 flights
- 4 PM: 69.6% on time from 26,041 flights
- 5 PM: 70.2% on time from 29,634 flights
- 6 PM: 69.5% on time from 29,293 flights
- 7 PM: 68.8% on time from 27,638 flights
- 8 PM: 69.4% on time from 24,627 flights
- 9 PM: 72.6% on time from 16,537 flights
- 10 PM: 67.6% on time from 2,721 flights
- 11 PM: too few flights to score
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
What to expect at LGA
How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.
Scheduled departures by hour
- 12 AM: no departures
- 1 AM: no departures
- 2 AM: no departures
- 3 AM: no departures
- 4 AM: no departures
- 5 AM: about 1 departure a day
- 6 AM: about 29 departures a day
- 7 AM: about 29 departures a day
- 8 AM: about 26 departures a day
- 9 AM: about 28 departures a day
- 10 AM: about 24 departures a day
- 11 AM: about 26 departures a day
- 12 PM: about 25 departures a day
- 1 PM: about 24 departures a day
- 2 PM: about 26 departures a day
- 3 PM: about 29 departures a day
- 4 PM: about 23 departures a day
- 5 PM: about 26 departures a day
- 6 PM: about 26 departures a day
- 7 PM: about 25 departures a day
- 8 PM: about 22 departures a day
- 9 PM: about 15 departures a day
- 10 PM: about 2 departures a day
- 11 PM: fewer than one departure a day
The busiest hour is 6 AM, with about 29 departures a day, against roughly 15 at 9 PM. That peak is also more punctual than a typical hour here: early banks fly aircraft that spent the night on the ground rather than ones inheriting the day’s delays.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Taxi-out runs from gate to wheels-up, averaged over departures and weighted by hour. Taxi-in runs from touchdown to gate.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 6.9 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 78.8% on time
- Feb: 81.0% on time
- Mar: 78.7% on time
- Apr: 80.5% on time
- May: 75.4% on time
- Jun: 73.6% on time
- Jul: 69.4% on time
- Aug: 79.0% on time
- Sep: 83.2% on time
- Oct: 82.5% on time
- Nov: 83.1% on time
- Dec: 76.2% on time
July is historically the weakest month and September the strongest, a spread of 13.8 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
Airlines at LGA
Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.
| Carrier | Departures | On time | Cancelled | Median delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways YX | 147,710 | 80.3% | 4.17% | -11 min |
| Delta Air Lines DL | 86,426 | 77.3% | 2.45% | -9 min |
| American Airlines AA | 52,440 | 75.4% | 2.93% | -8 min |
| Endeavor Air 9E | 49,270 | 84.2% | 3.59% | -16 min |
| Southwest Airlines WN | 36,408 | 75.7% | 2.73% | -5 min |
| United Airlines UA | 26,351 | 78.3% | 2.35% | -8 min |
| JetBlue B6 | 24,312 | 72.1% | 2.73% | -7 min |
| Spirit Airlines NK | 19,151 | 78.6% | 3.37% | -12 min |
| SkyWest Airlines OO | 7,292 | 77.3% | 3.17% | -7 min |
| Frontier Airlines F9 | 7,107 | 63.9% | 5.01% | 0 min |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.
Routes from LGA
Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.
Most reliable
Busiest routes
| Destination | Flights | On time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| LGA → ORD Chicago | 33,927 | 75.0% | 42 |
| LGA → ATL Atlanta | 24,614 | 78.4% | 56 |
| LGA → BOS Boston | 22,962 | 78.7% | 51 |
| LGA → DFW Dallas–Fort Worth | 20,144 | 74.7% | 44 |
| LGA → MIA Miami | 17,949 | 74.0% | 46 |
| LGA → MCO Orlando | 15,987 | 73.0% | 43 |
| LGA → CLT Charlotte | 15,860 | 80.2% | 54 |
| LGA → DEN Denver | 14,618 | 76.6% | 56 |
| LGA → DCA Washington | 14,238 | 76.7% | 49 |
| LGA → FLL Fort Lauderdale | 14,072 | 72.5% | 43 |
| LGA → BNA Nashville | 12,768 | 78.7% | 53 |
| LGA → DTW Detroit | 12,495 | 80.9% | 56 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Only routes with at least 10,000 flights are ranked.
Reliability over time
On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.
- July 2023: 69.6% on time from 13,377 flights
- August 2023: 82.0% on time from 14,074 flights
- September 2023: 77.6% on time from 13,372 flights
- October 2023: 88.5% on time from 13,861 flights
- November 2023: 89.2% on time from 13,264 flights
- December 2023: 86.5% on time from 12,432 flights
- January 2024: 78.3% on time from 12,700 flights
- February 2024: 86.9% on time from 12,644 flights
- March 2024: 85.1% on time from 13,366 flights
- April 2024: 84.7% on time from 13,515 flights
- May 2024: 78.3% on time from 14,093 flights
- June 2024: 78.2% on time from 13,562 flights
- July 2024: 70.5% on time from 14,343 flights
- August 2024: 74.1% on time from 14,136 flights
- September 2024: 89.1% on time from 13,549 flights
- October 2024: 89.5% on time from 14,154 flights
- November 2024: 89.7% on time from 13,365 flights
- December 2024: 78.0% on time from 13,005 flights
- January 2025: 79.3% on time from 10,905 flights
- February 2025: 76.0% on time from 10,054 flights
- March 2025: 81.1% on time from 11,221 flights
- April 2025: 79.7% on time from 11,339 flights
- May 2025: 71.7% on time from 11,343 flights
- June 2025: 66.3% on time from 11,257 flights
- July 2025: 68.0% on time from 11,696 flights
- August 2025: 81.0% on time from 11,582 flights
- September 2025: 82.4% on time from 11,388 flights
- October 2025: 66.8% on time from 12,002 flights
- November 2025: 67.9% on time from 11,577 flights
- December 2025: 62.2% on time from 11,361 flights
- January 2026: 78.9% on time from 11,099 flights
- February 2026: 78.5% on time from 10,307 flights
- March 2026: 67.9% on time from 11,660 flights
- April 2026: 76.5% on time from 11,443 flights
- May 2026: 75.4% on time from 11,375 flights
- June 2026: 75.3% on time from 10,877 flights
- July 2026: 69.5% on time from 11,169 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), departures from LGA arrived on time 73.4% of the time, against 79.0% in the 12 months before — declining by 5.6 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
Data and sources
Historical statistics
Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – July 2026, comprising 456,467 departures from LGA. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.
Full methodology · All data sources
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Latest observation for LGA: METAR KLGA 180951Z 35010KT 10SM CLR 06/M02 A3053 RMK AO2 SLP336 T00611017 (issued ).