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Delta Air Lines IAH to LGA on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Houston to New York · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.5%
61 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
95 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on IAH to LGA arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.5% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (47%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 70.0% on time, 2.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 82.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 90.9% on time, 0.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 74.3% on time, 4.3% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 66.3% on time, 0.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 62.2% on time, 10.1% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 90.3% on time, 5.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.9% on time, 7.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 65.3% on time, 12.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 81.7% on time, 2.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 79.1% on time, 0.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 78.6% on time, 0.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.1% on time, 9.2% 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)47%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion28%
  • Late-arriving aircraft22%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on IAH to LGA

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

1,345 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 61 cancelled, 13 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.