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Airport month · December 2024
LaGuardia in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 13,005 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 77.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.5% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so LGA departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 12,432 departures with 82.7% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights up 5%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 76.3% of the time (13,025 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 77.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.9%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.7% | 82.7% | 72.6% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 77.5% | 85.6% | 69.9% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 0.8% | 4.6% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.7 min | 11.0 min | 19.3 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 434 | 414 | 372 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 13,005 | 12,432 | 135,840 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 3,592 | 28% | 80.8% | 0.0 min | 0.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,483 | 19% | 74.5% | 7.8 min | 0.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 2,089 | 16% | 80.3% | -1.1 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,469 | 11% | 74.7% | 10.8 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,022 | 8% | 74.7% | 5.7 min | 1.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 703 | 5% | 79.7% | 1.3 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 646 | 5% | 80.3% | 2.8 min | 0.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 435 | 3% | 71.3% | 13.0 min | 1.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 316 | 2% | 71.8% | 17.8 min | 0.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 250 | 2% | 70.0% | 15.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 865 | 80.6% | 2.1 min | 0.1% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 588 | 78.6% | 1.5 min | 0.2% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 562 | 73.1% | 7.5 min | 0.7% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 521 | 74.7% | 9.5 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 510 | 78.4% | 11.4 min | 2.7% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 507 | 78.3% | 7.4 min | 0.2% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 480 | 73.5% | 9.6 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 423 | 75.2% | 4.1 min | 0.2% |
| LGA–IAH | New York to Houston | 380 | 78.2% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 378 | 80.4% | 1.2 min | 0.5% |
| LGA–DTW | New York to Detroit | 356 | 78.7% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–BNA | New York to Nashville | 340 | 77.4% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in December 2024?
77.7% of 13,005 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 82.7% of 12,432 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 77.7% and 0.3% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.