OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Cleveland to New York

418 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CLE–LGA arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled6.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,728 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel6.1%
    Flights1,667
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time56%
    Medianon time
    p90135 min
    Cancel9.8%
    Flights61

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline17%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)44%
  • Late aircraft37%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline13%
  • Weather50%
  • Air traffic (NAS)37%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 108 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly CLE → LGA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 10 min · 1,970 flights
  • Middays79% on time · p90 35 min · 2,112 flights
  • Overnights77% on time · p90 50 min · 122 flights · limited
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 65 min · 1,421 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 80 min · 1,315 flights

Best day of week

Saturdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 85% on time.

  • Saturdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 490 flights
  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 40 min · 1,131 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,099 flights
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,127 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 50 min · 1,100 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 50 min · 1,090 flights
  • Sundays74% on time · p90 50 min · 903 flights

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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.