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Route Reliability

LEX → New York

LEX–LGA · 604 miles · LEX Airport to LaGuardia Airport

67
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
6.5%
Cancelled
306
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 306 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Wednesday is the weak spot.

LEX–LGA flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Fridays. On Wednesdays: 80%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 6.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

LEX–LGA flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(42 flights)
  • Tue89%(46 flights)
  • Wed80%(50 flights)
  • Thu85%(47 flights)
  • Fri91%(46 flights)
  • Sat—(7 flights)
  • Sun87%(47 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(274 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(5 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(6 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 84% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%25
July 202583%23
August 202592%26
September 202596%26
October 202596%26
November 202591%23
December 202575%16
January 202660%20
February 202695%21
March 202674%23
April 202689%26
May 202687%30

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Based on 306 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.