LaGuardia in November 2023

88.4%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 13,264 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 88.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.1% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 89.4% of the time (13,268 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 89.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.7%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	88.4%	—	72.6%	86.0%
Arrived on time	89.1%	—	69.9%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	4.6%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.3 min	—	19.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	442	—	372	18,793
Scheduled departures	13,264	—	135,840	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	2,935	22%	90.7%	-11.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	2,935	22%	94.2%	-13.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,203	17%	88.9%	-8.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	1,533	12%	87.9%	-6.5 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,174	9%	82.5%	-3.1 min	0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,038	8%	84.2%	-2.3 min	0.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	607	5%	81.9%	-1.0 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	597	5%	90.6%	-6.8 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	124	1%	89.5%	-5.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	118	1%	75.4%	14.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGA–ORD	New York to Chicago	798	88.6%	-4.3 min	0.1%
LGA–ATL	New York to Atlanta	685	87.9%	-7.7 min	0.0%
LGA–BOS	New York to Boston	676	89.5%	-9.4 min	0.1%
LGA–DFW	New York to Dallas/Fort Worth	504	85.5%	-7.9 min	0.0%
LGA–MCO	New York to Orlando	473	83.9%	-3.3 min	0.0%
LGA–MIA	New York to Miami	470	84.7%	0.7 min	0.0%
LGA–CLT	New York to Charlotte	452	89.4%	-9.3 min	0.0%
LGA–FLL	New York to Fort Lauderdale	434	78.6%	0.1 min	0.0%
LGA–DEN	New York to Denver	421	86.7%	-6.5 min	0.2%
LGA–BNA	New York to Nashville	388	89.9%	-8.8 min	0.3%
LGA–DCA	New York to Washington	383	92.2%	-9.4 min	0.0%
LGA–DTW	New York to Detroit	371	90.8%	-9.4 min	0.3%

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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	41.1%	42.5%	32,821
Late-arriving aircraft	39.6%	37.3%	31,651
National Aviation System	17.8%	16.2%	14,191
Extreme weather	1.2%	3.7%	996
Security	0.2%	0.3%	179

79,838 delay minutes on 1,424 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 November 2023?

88.4% of 13,264 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.