LaGuardia Airport (LGA) delays & on-time performance
New York, New York · 78 nonstop destinations · 9 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at LGA right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.6%
6,308 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
75 min when late
Departed on time
76%
avg taxi-out 26 min
Figures cover 135,840 departures from LGA; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into LGA were on time 73% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing LaGuardia Airport (LGA) arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 4.6% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- Republic Airways was the most punctual airline here (75% on time); JetBlue was the least (67%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (90% on time); around 4pm did worst (62%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).
Most delayed routes from LGA
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DCA · Washington67%4,829 flts
- ORD · Chicago68%11,611 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale69%4,692 flts
- MCI · Kansas City69%1,822 flts
- PBI · West Palm Beach/Palm Beach70%3,208 flts
- MIA · Miami70%5,986 flts
- MCO · Orlando70%5,216 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth71%6,700 flts
- TPA · Tampa71%2,795 flts
- DEN · Denver71%4,667 flts
Most reliable routes from LGA
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- MSP · Minneapolis83%1,848 flts
- MKE · Milwaukee83%841 flts
- ACK · Nantucket82%412 flts
- SRQ · Sarasota/Bradenton81%547 flts
- SDF · Louisville81%1,036 flts
- PIT · Pittsburgh80%3,013 flts
- GRR · Grand Rapids79%940 flts
- DTW · Detroit78%3,935 flts
- PWM · Portland78%1,183 flts
- CMH · Columbus78%3,047 flts
Best airline at LGA
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 75% | 5.4% | 17 min | 63 | 56,527 |
| Delta Air Lines | 75% | 4.1% | 20 min | 38 | 29,623 |
| United Airlines | 73% | 3.0% | 24 min | 3 | 9,066 |
| Spirit Airlines | 72% | 6.3% | 23 min | 11 | 4,419 |
| American Airlines | 72% | 4.0% | 27 min | 19 | 16,892 |
| Southwest Airlines | 70% | 3.9% | 20 min | 11 | 11,717 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 70% | 3.7% | 29 min | 9 | 774 |
| JetBlue | 67% | 3.9% | 28 min | 5 | 4,471 |
| Frontier Airlines | 60% | 6.7% | 43 min | 11 | 2,351 |
Best time to fly out of LGA
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am90%9,600 flts
- 7am85%11,010 flts
- 8am84%8,521 flts
- 9am81%9,100 flts
- 10am79%7,793 flts
- 11am76%8,928 flts
- 12pm78%7,370 flts
- 1pm76%7,875 flts
- 2pm71%9,041 flts
- 3pm66%10,821 flts
- 4pm62%7,459 flts
- 5pm63%8,547 flts
- 6pm63%8,856 flts
- 7pm64%8,030 flts
- 8pm63%7,460 flts
- 9pm65%4,361 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft42%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion28%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.