Route profile
LGA→CLE
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from New York to Cleveland, 419 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 20% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 6,941 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
LGA → CLE arrives on time 80.3% of the time; the return trip, CLE → LGA, arrives on time 81.8% of the time.
LGA → CLE spends 34.2 minutes on the ground on a 419-mile trip: 24.9 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at LGA and 9.4 minutes from touchdown to gate at CLE.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
The airline matters unusually much on this route, a wider carrier-to-carrier gap than 95% of 2,692 comparable routes.
Endeavor Air arrived on time 85.3% of the time, against 64.4% for Frontier Airlines, flying the exact same route.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 2,692 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where LGA to CLE differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
LGA to CLE is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 9 PM: 77.8% arrive on time, 9 points ahead of the 68.8% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 8.3 points.
LGA to CLE holds up on Sundays better than routes of similar length do: 78.6% on time to their 74.9%, a 3.7 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 3.8 points.
October is kinder to LGA to CLE than to routes of similar length: 86.6% on time against 82.1%, 4.5 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 3.6 points.
Endeavor Air does better on LGA to CLE than on its routes of similar length: 85.3% on time here, 82.8% there, 2.5 points apart.
Republic Airways’ flights on LGA to CLE arrive on time 80.3% of the time, 2.4 points below the 82.7% it manages on its routes of similar length.
LGA to CLE against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 9 PM departures | 77.8% | routes of similar length | 68.8% | +9.0 pts | 477 here, 56,345 there |
| Weekday: Sunday | 78.6% | routes of similar length | 74.9% | +3.7 pts | 843 here, 231,139 there |
| Month: October | 86.6% | routes of similar length | 82.1% | +4.5 pts | 673 here, 136,974 there |
| Airline: Endeavor Air | 85.3% | routes of similar length | 82.8% | +2.5 pts | 1,692 here, 21,433 there |
| Airline: Republic Airways | 80.3% | routes of similar length | 82.7% | −2.4 pts | 4,089 here, 127,625 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 419 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
Why LGA → CLE flights are cancelled
July 2023 – July 2026
LGA → CLE cancelled 283 of 6,941 scheduled flights — about 1 in every 25. The reason filed most often was extreme weather, 45.2% of the cancellations coded on this route — about 1 in every 54 scheduled flights.
Share of cancellations
Of 283 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.
128 cancellations, 45.2% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
122 cancellations, 43.1% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
33 cancellations, 11.7% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
Reason codes are the operating airline’s own filing with US DOT, not an independent finding of fault. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
283 coded cancellations were recorded on LGA → CLE; the section appears from 50.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
47 min late
against a median of 11 min early
Percentiles over 6,941 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at CLE after arriving from LGA.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 31% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 19% | High risk |
| 60 min | 14% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 7.9% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 5.0% | Low risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 4.08% of the time and diverts 0.16% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 6,647 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 47 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 6,941 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
LGA → CLE flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 89.7% of the time, against 72.1% for 6–9 PM departures, a gap of 17.6 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 5 AM: too few flights to score
- 6 AM: 91.7% on time from 347 flights
- 7 AM: 88.7% on time from 241 flights
- 8 AM: 89.3% on time from 917 flights
- 9 AM: 89.6% on time from 294 flights
- 10 AM: 83.2% on time from 284 flights
- 11 AM: 85.3% on time from 466 flights
- 12 PM: 85.0% on time from 407 flights
- 1 PM: 79.8% on time from 311 flights
- 2 PM: 84.5% on time from 246 flights
- 3 PM: 74.6% on time from 646 flights
- 4 PM: 75.0% on time from 815 flights
- 5 PM: 65.6% on time from 331 flights
- 6 PM: too few flights to score
- 7 PM: 75.6% on time from 226 flights
- 8 PM: 70.5% on time from 730 flights
- 9 PM: 77.8% on time from 514 flights
- 10 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Why LGA → CLE runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
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 LGA → CLE. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on LGA → CLE, at 46.6%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 89.7% of the time and 6–9 PM departures 72.1%.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 4,278 | 80.3% | 4.28% | -10 min | 7.5% |
| Endeavor Air | 1,766 | 85.3% | 3.96% | -17 min | 5.7% |
| Frontier Airlines | 571 | 64.4% | 4.55% | -2 min | 17.8% |
| SkyWest Airlines | 326 | 81.9% | 1.23% | -12 min | 8.7% |
Republic Airways flew 61.6% of the 6,941 flights listed. Frontier Airlines cancelled 4.55% of its flights here against 1.23% for SkyWest Airlines.
Endeavor Air arrived on time 20.9 percentage points more often than Frontier Airlines on this route.
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
| Flight | Scheduled | Operations | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| YX4722 Republic Airways | 9:00 PM | 819 | 71.3% |
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 6.4 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 79.6%
- Feb: 82.7%
- Mar: 81.4%
- Apr: 82.3%
- May: 77.3%
- Jun: 70.2%
- Jul: 70.1%
- Aug: 79.9%
- Sep: 86.3%
- Oct: 86.6%
- Nov: 85.7%
- Dec: 79.3%
July is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 16.5 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: 73.6% from 204 flights
- August 2023: 84.4% from 220 flights
- September 2023: 83.4% from 204 flights
- October 2023: 94.0% from 218 flights
- November 2023: 92.2% from 205 flights
- December 2023: 90.3% from 187 flights
- January 2024: 86.6% from 199 flights
- February 2024: 88.3% from 204 flights
- March 2024: 89.7% from 213 flights
- April 2024: 86.1% from 233 flights
- May 2024: 80.5% from 250 flights
- June 2024: 70.9% from 235 flights
- July 2024: 71.6% from 250 flights
- August 2024: 73.1% from 246 flights
- September 2024: 90.8% from 239 flights
- October 2024: 92.0% from 251 flights
- November 2024: 92.9% from 239 flights
- December 2024: 84.2% from 222 flights
- January 2025: 72.7% from 146 flights
- February 2025: 77.3% from 148 flights
- March 2025: 82.0% from 185 flights
- April 2025: 84.0% from 190 flights
- May 2025: 69.8% from 187 flights
- June 2025: 65.1% from 139 flights
- July 2025: 62.8% from 134 flights
- August 2025: 83.9% from 121 flights
- September 2025: 82.7% from 158 flights
- October 2025: 72.1% from 212 flights
- November 2025: 69.8% from 198 flights
- December 2025: 59.9% from 171 flights
- January 2026: 77.1% from 134 flights
- February 2026: 79.8% from 124 flights
- March 2026: too few flights to score (117)
- April 2026: 74.8% from 160 flights
- May 2026: 80.7% from 184 flights
- June 2026: too few flights to score (111)
- July 2026: too few flights to score (103)
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 73.8% against 80.6% in the 12 months before — declining by 6.8 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 6,941 LGA → CLE flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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