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Route Reliability

CHA → New York

CHA–LGA · 734 miles · CHA Airport to LaGuardia Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
4.8%
Cancelled
495
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 495 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CHA–LGA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 71% between 3–6 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

CHA–LGA flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Wednesdays and just 65% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Slipping a little lately.

CHA–LGA flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon87%(71 flights)
  • Tue80%(75 flights)
  • Wed95%(74 flights)
  • Thu82%(72 flights)
  • Fri79%(76 flights)
  • Sat65%(31 flights)
  • Sun79%(71 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(279 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(21 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(21 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(149 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 96% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202596%27
July 202596%25
August 202592%26
September 202592%49
October 202585%54
November 202571%49
December 202567%42
January 202692%24
February 202686%22
March 202664%42
April 202684%55
May 202682%55

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 495 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.