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Route Reliability

New York → Birmingham

LGA–BHM · 866 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 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 72% of the time across 1,014 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LGA–BHM flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–BHM flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 68%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

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

Recent months have been rougher.

LGA–BHM flights arrived on time 66% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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
  • Mon73%(138 flights)
  • Tue69%(140 flights)
  • Wed74%(147 flights)
  • Thu72%(137 flights)
  • Fri74%(145 flights)
  • Sat77%(104 flights)
  • Sun68%(138 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM79%(250 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(86 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(268 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(68 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(196 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(81 flights)
On-time trend by month
58%
May

Jun 63% → May 58% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%76
July 202571%78
August 202585%86
September 202581%85
October 202569%86
November 202576%78
December 202559%73
January 202681%73
February 202686%70
March 202666%74
April 202674%85
May 202658%85

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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.