OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Madison to New York

812 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSN–LGA arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.0%of scheduled flights

based on 858 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel5.0%
    Flights858

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline50%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)33%
  • Late aircraft9%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline26%
  • Weather37%
  • Air traffic (NAS)37%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 43 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 MSN → LGA

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 75% to 87% on time.

  • Middays87% on time · p90 15 min · 418 flights
  • Mornings86% on time · p90 15 min · 1,200 flights
  • Afternoons75% on time · p90 50 min · 340 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 88% on time.

  • Saturdays88% on time · p90 10 min · 197 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 296 flights
  • Thursdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 292 flights
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 15 min · 294 flights
  • Fridays83% on time · p90 25 min · 293 flights
  • Sundays82% on time · p90 25 min · 294 flights
  • Mondays82% on time · p90 15 min · 293 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.