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Delta Air Lines DFW to LGA on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to New York · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.8%
92 flights
Avg arrival delay
26 min
93 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 66% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on DFW to LGA arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.8% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 66% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (34%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 73.5% on time, 5.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 81.2% on time, 2.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.7% on time, 1.1% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 64.7% on time, 2.5% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 63.9% on time, 2.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 68.0% on time, 10.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 86.6% on time, 7.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.2% on time, 10.2% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 67.7% on time, 9.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 71.9% on time, 0.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 73.0% on time, 2.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 68.9% on time, 2.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 67.2% on time, 9.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
  • Late-arriving aircraft31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion26%
  • Extreme weather8%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to LGA

Full DFW to LGA comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →

1,902 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 92 cancelled, 19 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.