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Route Reliability

Denver → New York

DENLGA · 1,620 miles · Denver International Airport to LaGuardia Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
4,673
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines79%1,038 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines74%2,013 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines65%1,441 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines61%181 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–LGA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 61% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DEN–LGA flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Saturdays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines has a clear lead on this route.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 61%.

Slipping a little lately.

DEN–LGA flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% 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
  • Mon69%(683 flights)
  • Tue72%(693 flights)
  • Wed76%(688 flights)
  • Thu68%(681 flights)
  • Fri74%(647 flights)
  • Sat82%(437 flights)
  • Sun66%(672 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(8 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(1018 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM73%(1362 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(659 flights)
  • 3–6 PM61%(1454 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 62% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%377
July 202559%382
August 202573%396
September 202577%394
October 202571%390
November 202568%351
December 202572%371
January 202683%367
February 202682%314
March 202660%378
April 202681%392
May 202677%389

Based on 4,673 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.