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Airport month · May 2024
LaGuardia in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 14,093 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.7% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 75.6% of the time (14,092 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 27%.
- On time 76.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.2%
- Cancelled 1.6%
- Diverted 0.5%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.2% | — | 72.6% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 76.7% | — | 69.9% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | — | 4.6% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.5 min | — | 19.3 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 470 | — | 372 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 14,093 | — | 135,840 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 3,472 | 25% | 83.1% | -1.0 min | 1.6% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 2,843 | 20% | 82.0% | -1.8 min | 2.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,315 | 16% | 75.9% | 9.9 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,518 | 11% | 68.1% | 16.1 min | 2.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 974 | 7% | 69.4% | 14.5 min | 0.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 827 | 6% | 76.4% | 8.2 min | 0.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 750 | 5% | 73.1% | 10.9 min | 2.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 709 | 5% | 70.7% | 12.3 min | 2.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 440 | 3% | 67.3% | 22.6 min | 4.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 245 | 2% | 59.6% | 22.0 min | 3.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 987 | 70.6% | 13.3 min | 2.0% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 729 | 76.3% | 9.2 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 720 | 78.3% | 9.5 min | 1.1% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 565 | 60.0% | 22.8 min | 5.1% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 536 | 75.0% | 12.4 min | 1.5% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 461 | 69.6% | 14.0 min | 0.9% |
| LGA–BNA | New York to Nashville | 402 | 75.6% | 5.5 min | 1.2% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 384 | 69.0% | 12.5 min | 1.6% |
| LGA–IAH | New York to Houston | 377 | 62.3% | 29.1 min | 2.4% |
| LGA–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 376 | 76.3% | 7.8 min | 0.8% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 374 | 74.9% | 7.3 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 372 | 81.5% | 0.8 min | 1.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in May 2024?
78.2% of 14,093 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.