OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Cincinnati

585 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LGA–CVG arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.3%of scheduled flights

based on 792 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel4.6%
    Flights609
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.3%
    Flights183

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline24%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)25%
  • Late aircraft46%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly LGA → CVG

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 10 min · 1,450 flights
  • Middays83% on time · p90 40 min · 1,225 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 40 min · 1,042 flights
  • Evenings74% on time · p90 60 min · 1,794 flights
  • Overnights69% on time · p90 70 min · 327 flights

Best day of week

Saturdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 87% on time.

  • Saturdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 386 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 40 min · 931 flights
  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 937 flights
  • Wednesdays81% on time · p90 40 min · 952 flights
  • Fridays79% on time · p90 60 min · 948 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 40 min · 731 flights
  • Mondays78% on time · p90 45 min · 953 flights
Advertisement

Keep exploring

Related pages

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.