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Route Reliability

New York → Madison

LGA–MSN · 812 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Dane County Regional Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
6.5%
Cancelled
935
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 Lines75%664 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines68%271 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LGA–MSN flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 68% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–MSN flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Fridays and just 64% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 75% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 68%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 6.5% 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
  • Mon74%(126 flights)
  • Tue74%(131 flights)
  • Wed78%(134 flights)
  • Thu69%(128 flights)
  • Fri80%(134 flights)
  • Sat75%(89 flights)
  • Sun64%(131 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(2 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(36 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(323 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(182 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(166 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM68%(164 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 73% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%48
July 202565%49
August 202577%56
September 202588%81
October 202572%86
November 202565%81
December 202566%74
January 202674%78
February 202690%73
March 202655%78
April 202672%85
May 202680%84

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 935 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.