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Route Reliability

Milwaukee → New York

MKE–LGA · 738 miles · Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to LaGuardia Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
5.4%
Cancelled
1,325
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 1,325 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MKE–LGA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 73% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MKE–LGA flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Mondays. On Sundays: 74%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.4% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Slipping a little lately.

MKE–LGA flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon83%(185 flights)
  • Tue78%(196 flights)
  • Wed81%(195 flights)
  • Thu82%(186 flights)
  • Fri82%(197 flights)
  • Sat83%(107 flights)
  • Sun74%(181 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(20 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(329 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(293 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(321 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(284 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 77% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%105
July 202584%101
August 202582%112
September 202592%112
October 202581%110
November 202571%101
December 202569%97
January 202685%95
February 202690%90
March 202666%99
April 202680%112
May 202683%113

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Based on 1,325 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.