LaGuardia in November 2024

88.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 13,365 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 88.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 3.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 13,264 departures with 88.4% leaving on time: a change of −0.2 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 86.7% of the time (13,366 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 89.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.3%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from LGA in November 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	88.2%	88.4%	72.6%	85.2%
Arrived on time	89.4%	89.1%	69.9%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.1%	4.6%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.7 min	7.3 min	19.3 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	446	442	372	19,180
Scheduled departures	13,365	13,264	135,840	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	3,898	29%	90.2%	-8.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,437	18%	89.5%	-6.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	2,316	17%	92.2%	-12.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	1,424	11%	86.1%	-3.8 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	958	7%	88.2%	-6.8 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	676	5%	87.4%	-3.7 min	0.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	656	5%	90.7%	-9.6 min	0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	415	3%	88.9%	-12.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	346	3%	87.3%	0.5 min	0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	239	2%	81.2%	0.5 min	0.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGA–ORD	New York to Chicago	904	87.9%	-3.6 min	0.0%
LGA–BOS	New York to Boston	595	90.1%	-8.4 min	0.0%
LGA–DFW	New York to Dallas/Fort Worth	592	84.8%	-5.1 min	1.0%
LGA–ATL	New York to Atlanta	585	89.2%	-7.5 min	0.0%
LGA–CLT	New York to Charlotte	526	86.5%	-4.4 min	0.4%
LGA–MCO	New York to Orlando	450	90.2%	-12.4 min	0.0%
LGA–MIA	New York to Miami	444	90.3%	-9.1 min	0.0%
LGA–DEN	New York to Denver	383	85.4%	-3.8 min	0.0%
LGA–IAH	New York to Houston	374	88.5%	-6.9 min	0.5%
LGA–DCA	New York to Washington	367	87.7%	-5.8 min	0.0%
LGA–DTW	New York to Detroit	367	88.6%	-4.7 min	0.0%
LGA–BNA	New York to Nashville	349	90.3%	-9.3 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.1%	36.9%	31,711
Late-arriving aircraft	41.8%	35.6%	33,896
National Aviation System	15.8%	21.9%	12,809
Extreme weather	2.2%	5.4%	1,816
Security	1.2%	0.2%	943

81,175 delay minutes on 1,380 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 2024?

88.2% of 13,365 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 88.4% of 13,264 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 88.2% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.