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Route Reliability

Cleveland → New York

CLE–LGA · 419 miles · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to LaGuardia Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
6.2%
Cancelled
3,013
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.American Airlines76%1,208 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines74%1,618 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines66%187 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CLE–LGA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 59% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

CLE–LGA flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Saturdays and just 70% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 76% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 66%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 6.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon73%(431 flights)
  • Tue75%(473 flights)
  • Wed76%(440 flights)
  • Thu72%(456 flights)
  • Fri76%(439 flights)
  • Sat85%(185 flights)
  • Sun70%(394 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(50 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(597 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(474 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(739 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(458 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(500 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 71% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%238
July 202567%241
August 202583%252
September 202586%250
October 202571%260
November 202571%235
December 202564%208
January 202673%212
February 202683%202
March 202668%213
April 202673%253
May 202682%254

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 3,013 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.