Airports › New York (LGA) › October 2024
Airport month · October 2024
LaGuardia in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 14,154 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 88.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 13,861 departures with 87.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.6 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 88.1% of the time (14,151 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 88.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.4%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 88.3% | 87.7% | 72.6% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 88.9% | 88.2% | 69.9% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.2% | 4.6% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.2 min | 8.5 min | 19.3 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 472 | 462 | 372 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 14,154 | 13,861 | 135,840 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 3,931 | 28% | 92.6% | -11.4 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 2,617 | 18% | 91.7% | -12.3 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,557 | 18% | 85.1% | -3.9 min | 1.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,242 | 9% | 85.6% | 1.6 min | 0.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 986 | 7% | 89.2% | -5.4 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 785 | 6% | 91.7% | -7.4 min | 0.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 733 | 5% | 78.2% | 0.6 min | 3.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 690 | 5% | 90.9% | -13.4 min | 1.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 365 | 3% | 84.7% | 2.9 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 248 | 2% | 75.8% | 12.3 min | 1.6% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 954 | 86.9% | -2.9 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 713 | 89.2% | -7.2 min | 0.1% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 682 | 84.9% | -0.9 min | 0.1% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 588 | 89.6% | -9.2 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 528 | 86.0% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 449 | 82.9% | 2.4 min | 1.3% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 406 | 90.1% | -7.0 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–DTW | New York to Detroit | 383 | 90.6% | -7.7 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–BNA | New York to Nashville | 382 | 89.8% | -9.4 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–IAH | New York to Houston | 377 | 92.3% | -9.5 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 371 | 90.6% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–RDU | New York to Raleigh/Durham | 367 | 89.1% | -2.5 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in October 2024?
88.3% of 14,154 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 87.7% of 13,861 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 88.3% and 0.6% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.