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Airport month · January 2025
LaGuardia in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 10,905 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.8% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 12,700 departures with 75.2% leaving on time: a change of +5.5 points, with flights down 14%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 76.0% of the time (10,909 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 30%.
- On time 76.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
- Cancelled 3.0%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.7% | 75.2% | 72.6% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 76.8% | 74.5% | 69.9% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 3.0% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.3 min | 18.0 min | 19.3 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 364 | 423 | 372 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,905 | 12,700 | 135,840 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 3,859 | 35% | 78.4% | -1.9 min | 3.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,260 | 21% | 73.8% | 6.9 min | 1.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,488 | 14% | 74.9% | 7.3 min | 3.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 995 | 9% | 78.0% | -1.4 min | 4.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 666 | 6% | 79.7% | -0.7 min | 3.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 633 | 6% | 82.3% | -0.3 min | 2.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 415 | 4% | 74.9% | 5.9 min | 1.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 349 | 3% | 77.4% | 3.4 min | 3.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 240 | 2% | 66.3% | 17.1 min | 3.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 919 | 82.2% | -1.0 min | 1.8% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 576 | 72.7% | 9.7 min | 4.2% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 572 | 72.4% | 9.8 min | 0.9% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 555 | 85.9% | -7.3 min | 2.3% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 554 | 67.5% | 8.7 min | 5.2% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 481 | 73.8% | 7.8 min | 0.4% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 433 | 82.2% | 3.8 min | 3.0% |
| LGA–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 389 | 77.1% | 5.6 min | 1.5% |
| LGA–IAH | New York to Houston | 374 | 71.9% | 4.5 min | 5.9% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 372 | 81.7% | -4.0 min | 0.5% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 370 | 78.1% | -5.3 min | 7.3% |
| LGA–DTW | New York to Detroit | 320 | 74.1% | 6.4 min | 1.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in January 2025?
80.7% of 10,905 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 75.2% of 12,700 departures left on time and 4.6% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 3.0% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.