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Airport month · February 2025
LaGuardia in February 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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 10,054 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.0% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 12,644 departures with 83.9% leaving on time: a change of −4.2 points, with flights down 20%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 77.0% of the time (10,053 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 29%.
- On time 74.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.3%
- Cancelled 2.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.7% | 83.9% | 72.6% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 74.0% | 85.0% | 69.9% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.6% | 2.1% | 4.6% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.2 min | 11.6 min | 19.3 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 335 | 422 | 372 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,054 | 12,644 | 135,840 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 3,634 | 36% | 73.3% | 6.0 min | 4.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,056 | 20% | 73.9% | 5.9 min | 0.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,373 | 14% | 72.2% | 11.4 min | 2.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 886 | 9% | 78.4% | 2.6 min | 2.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 595 | 6% | 79.3% | 4.4 min | 2.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 584 | 6% | 76.5% | 4.0 min | 0.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 402 | 4% | 69.9% | 9.8 min | 3.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 302 | 3% | 71.2% | 13.2 min | 2.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 222 | 2% | 68.9% | 25.9 min | 3.6% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 873 | 72.7% | 8.1 min | 2.2% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 553 | 78.5% | 1.9 min | 3.8% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 528 | 76.3% | 7.1 min | 1.1% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 520 | 75.6% | 8.7 min | 1.3% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 510 | 75.9% | 1.5 min | 1.6% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 461 | 74.0% | 5.1 min | 2.8% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 392 | 77.3% | 13.8 min | 3.1% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 356 | 58.1% | 21.5 min | 5.1% |
| LGA–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 344 | 75.0% | 6.2 min | 2.3% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 336 | 67.6% | 16.0 min | 0.6% |
| LGA–IAH | New York to Houston | 304 | 77.6% | 0.1 min | 1.0% |
| LGA–BNA | New York to Nashville | 289 | 76.8% | 5.4 min | 4.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in February 2025?
79.7% of 10,054 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 83.9% of 12,644 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 79.7% and 2.6% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 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.