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Airport Reliability

LGA · New York

LaGuardia Airport

76%
Departures within 15 minutes
16 min
Average departure delay
74%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
4.8%
Departures cancelled

Based on 167,267 departures and 167,271 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from LGA departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from LGA arrived on time 78% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 67%.

When LGA gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(543 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(32886 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(31099 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(28975 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(31002 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(27339 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(6909 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(23456 flights)
  • Tue75%(24388 flights)
  • Wed76%(24306 flights)
  • Thu71%(23922 flights)
  • Fri74%(24573 flights)
  • Sat78%(15385 flights)
  • Sun67%(22723 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 66% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%13138
July 202568%13096
August 202582%13975
September 202584%13770
October 202568%14116
November 202568%13273
December 202563%12788
January 202680%12445
February 202680%11609
March 202669%12853
April 202676%13920
May 202676%13770

Airlines departing LGA

Busiest routes from LGA

Based on 167,267 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.