OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

LGA

New York

Data through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate71%flights departing here that arrived on time
Median delayon timetypical departure delay
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 departures is worsetail risk
Cancelled3.0%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time78%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 135,725 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

As a connection hub

Arriving here (inbound performance)

These figures reflect inbound flights arriving at this airport — relevant for connections and layovers.

71%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time71%
  • 15–59 min late14%
  • 1–2 hr late6%
  • 2 hr+ late4%
  • Cancelled or diverted3%

Arrival outcomes for inbound flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted.

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 65 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • Spirit Airlinesbest
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights5,207
  • Republic Airways
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel4.0%
    Flights50,961
  • United Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights9,193
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel4.0%
    Flights1,007
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights28,874
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights11,469
  • American Airlines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights16,502
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights4,654
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time62%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel4.5%
    Flights1,741

Over time

Departure on-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

Where flights go

Busiest routes

LGA → ORD→LGA → BOS→LGA → ATL→LGA → DCA→LGA → DFW→LGA → CLT→LGA → MIA→LGA → DTW→LGA → FLL→LGA → MCO→
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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.