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Route Reliability

New York → Miami

LGA–MIA · 1,096 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Miami International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
4.2%
Cancelled
6,031
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines71%3,549 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines69%1,915 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines69%448 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines67%119 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LGA–MIA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 58% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–MIA flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Saturdays and just 60% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 71% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 67%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.2% 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
  • Mon68%(789 flights)
  • Tue74%(843 flights)
  • Wed73%(839 flights)
  • Thu68%(845 flights)
  • Fri72%(858 flights)
  • Sat76%(745 flights)
  • Sun60%(837 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(1386 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(1221 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(544 flights)
  • 3–6 PM58%(1224 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(1326 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM62%(55 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 66% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%450
July 202566%434
August 202571%485
September 202576%473
October 202568%474
November 202565%450
December 202563%510
January 202676%522
February 202678%478
March 202664%524
April 202675%510
May 202675%446

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 6,031 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.