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Route Reliability

Birmingham → New York

BHMLGA · 866 miles · Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport to LaGuardia Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
6.3%
Cancelled
1,014
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 1,014 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BHM–LGA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 67% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BHM–LGA flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 6.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Slipping a little lately.

BHM–LGA flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(138 flights)
  • Tue74%(141 flights)
  • Wed75%(146 flights)
  • Thu75%(137 flights)
  • Fri82%(143 flights)
  • Sat83%(103 flights)
  • Sun74%(136 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(340 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM70%(284 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(57 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(263 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 61% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%76
July 202565%79
August 202582%85
September 202588%84
October 202580%86
November 202576%78
December 202570%71
January 202682%73
February 202689%70
March 202669%71
April 202671%86
May 202681%85

Based on 1,014 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.