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Route Reliability

New York → Richmond

LGARIC · 291 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Richmond International Airport

57
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
6.5%
Cancelled
2,997
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 Lines77%1,572 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines73%1,404 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (21 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LGA–RIC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 68% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

LGA–RIC flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 72%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 73%.

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
  • Mon73%(438 flights)
  • Tue77%(445 flights)
  • Wed78%(447 flights)
  • Thu72%(427 flights)
  • Fri75%(439 flights)
  • Sat82%(216 flights)
  • Sun73%(386 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(577 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(559 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(291 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(823 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(411 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM76%(137 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 71% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%231
July 202573%217
August 202588%242
September 202584%239
October 202567%248
November 202571%237
December 202561%218
January 202681%203
February 202677%202
March 202672%233
April 202675%269
May 202682%259

Based on 2,997 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.