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Route Reliability

Miami → New York

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

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
68%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
4.2%
Cancelled
6,036
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 Lines71%1,915 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines68%3,550 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines62%119 flights
  4. 4.Spirit Airlines60%452 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MIA–LGA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 58% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MIA–LGA flights arrived on time 73% of the time on Saturdays and just 56% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 71% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 60%.

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
  • Mon69%(788 flights)
  • Tue71%(851 flights)
  • Wed73%(831 flights)
  • Thu67%(844 flights)
  • Fri68%(854 flights)
  • Sat73%(743 flights)
  • Sun56%(826 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(1050 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(1163 flights)
  • 12–3 PM62%(742 flights)
  • 3–6 PM58%(1498 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(1284 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 64% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%445
July 202559%429
August 202571%487
September 202580%471
October 202568%472
November 202566%447
December 202567%509
January 202676%523
February 202672%478
March 202652%522
April 202671%508
May 202673%446

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 6,036 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.