Historical on-time performance
Des Moines to New York
1,031 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DSM–LGA arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.2%of scheduled flights
based on 92 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Republic AirwaysOn-time83%Medianon timep9020 minCancel2.2%Flights92
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline62%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)38%
- Late aircraft0%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DSM → LGA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 75% to 84% on time.
- Mornings84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,359 flights
- Middays82% on time · p90 25 min · 235 flights
- Afternoons75% on time · p90 55 min · 304 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 86% on time.
- Wednesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 311 flights
- Saturdays85% on time · p90 30 min · 104 flights · limited
- Tuesdays83% on time · p90 35 min · 312 flights
- Thursdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 307 flights
- Mondays81% on time · p90 30 min · 311 flights
- Sundays80% on time · p90 30 min · 244 flights
- Fridays76% on time · p90 50 min · 309 flights
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