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Route Reliability

New York → Cincinnati

LGACVG · 585 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
5.2%
Cancelled
2,048
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 Lines74%1,776 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines64%227 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (45 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LGA–CVG flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 56% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Monday if you can.

LGA–CVG flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 69%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 74% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 64%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.2% 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
  • Mon69%(307 flights)
  • Tue74%(315 flights)
  • Wed76%(314 flights)
  • Thu71%(296 flights)
  • Fri77%(321 flights)
  • Sat81%(118 flights)
  • Sun70%(269 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(384 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(310 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(315 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(516 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(372 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM56%(43 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 58% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202558%194
July 202560%212
August 202581%237
September 202588%168
October 202567%178
November 202575%143
December 202567%129
January 202687%126
February 202690%114
March 202668%120
April 202672%152
May 202675%167

Based on 2,048 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.