LaGuardia in October 2023

87.7%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 13,861 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 87.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 89.4% of the time (13,863 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 88.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.5%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from LGA in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.7%	—	72.6%	83.8%
Arrived on time	88.2%	—	69.9%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	4.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.5 min	—	19.3 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	462	—	372	19,966
Scheduled departures	13,861	—	135,840	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	3,140	23%	91.5%	-14.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	3,136	23%	92.1%	-12.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,300	17%	88.7%	-8.5 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	1,523	11%	83.8%	1.8 min	0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,292	9%	84.0%	-2.6 min	0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,056	8%	77.8%	1.1 min	0.1%
UA United Airlines	693	5%	92.4%	-10.4 min	0.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	465	3%	86.9%	-9.7 min	1.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	132	1%	82.6%	7.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	124	1%	67.7%	21.5 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGA–ORD	New York to Chicago	785	89.4%	-9.2 min	0.3%
LGA–BOS	New York to Boston	726	89.8%	-9.9 min	0.1%
LGA–ATL	New York to Atlanta	698	85.1%	-5.1 min	0.3%
LGA–DFW	New York to Dallas/Fort Worth	521	84.1%	-3.0 min	1.0%
LGA–MCO	New York to Orlando	479	91.0%	-9.4 min	0.2%
LGA–DEN	New York to Denver	461	82.9%	-4.9 min	0.7%
LGA–CLT	New York to Charlotte	434	91.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
LGA–BNA	New York to Nashville	428	85.7%	-1.6 min	0.0%
LGA–DCA	New York to Washington	426	87.6%	-3.5 min	0.0%
LGA–FLL	New York to Fort Lauderdale	425	83.3%	-3.8 min	0.9%
LGA–MIA	New York to Miami	425	88.2%	-6.8 min	0.0%
LGA–DTW	New York to Detroit	384	90.9%	-10.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	44.3%	41.3%	44,119
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	40.5%	38,520
National Aviation System	14.8%	14.4%	14,697
Extreme weather	2.0%	3.7%	2,040
Security	0.2%	0.2%	232

99,608 delay minutes on 1,591 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LGA on time in October 2023?

87.7% of 13,861 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LGA · methodology · corrections.