Delta Air Lines ATL to LGA on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to New York · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.2%
160 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
62 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 6
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on ATL to LGA arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3.2% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (49%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion49%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
- Late-arriving aircraft15%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ATL to LGA
- Republic Airways76% on time · 22 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines49% on time · 52 min avg delay
- Southwest Airlines71% on time · 20 min avg delay
- American Airlines67% on time · 8 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines83% on time · 7 min avg delay
Full ATL to LGA comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
4,935 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 160 cancelled, 36 diverted.
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.