OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Cincinnati

585 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LGA–CVG arrive on time 62% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate62%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled6.7%of scheduled flights

based on 405 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.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.3%
    Flights183
  • Republic Airways
    On-time57%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel9.5%
    Flights222

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline25%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Late aircraft48%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline19%
  • Weather44%
  • Air traffic (NAS)37%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 27 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 LGA → CVG

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 — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 10 min · 1,179 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 45 min · 995 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 45 min · 880 flights
  • Evenings74% on time · p90 60 min · 1,611 flights
  • Overnights60% on time · p90 85 min · 157 flights · limited

Best day of week

Saturdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 86% on time.

  • Saturdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 328 flights
  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 783 flights
  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 40 min · 765 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 768 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 784 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 65 min · 788 flights
  • Sundays77% on time · p90 50 min · 606 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.