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Southwest Airlines LGA to STL on-time performance

Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from New York to St. Louis · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.4%
48 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
66 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 3
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on LGA to STL arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.4% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (49%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 58.9% on time, 5.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 81.4% on time, 0.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 82.9% on time, 0.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 67.3% on time, 2.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 64.4% on time, 3.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 86.7% on time, 3.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 85.6% on time, 6.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 70.9% on time, 5.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 70.7% on time, 2.5% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 69.9% on time, 4.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 77.3% on time, 10.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft49%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on LGA to STL

1,394 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 48 cancelled, 4 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.