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Airport month · March 2025
LaGuardia in March 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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,221 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 13,366 departures with 82.7% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights down 16%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 75.5% of the time (11,220 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 26%.
- On time 80.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.7% | 82.7% | 72.6% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 80.0% | 84.6% | 69.9% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 0.4% | 4.6% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.1 min | 12.5 min | 19.3 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 374 | 446 | 372 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,221 | 13,366 | 135,840 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 4,198 | 37% | 82.1% | -0.8 min | 1.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,270 | 20% | 77.2% | 5.0 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,512 | 13% | 76.5% | 6.9 min | 1.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 968 | 9% | 81.8% | -2.4 min | 0.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 654 | 6% | 84.6% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 627 | 6% | 81.3% | -1.6 min | 1.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 478 | 4% | 76.6% | 4.1 min | 1.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 268 | 2% | 81.7% | 1.8 min | 2.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 246 | 2% | 73.6% | 6.6 min | 2.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 963 | 80.0% | 2.3 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 608 | 82.7% | 0.6 min | 0.8% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 579 | 82.7% | -1.3 min | 0.7% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 567 | 76.5% | -1.1 min | 2.5% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 556 | 75.2% | 5.6 min | 0.9% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 517 | 75.6% | 9.3 min | 1.7% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 436 | 81.7% | 7.7 min | 1.1% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 389 | 76.3% | 7.2 min | 0.8% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 368 | 85.3% | -6.1 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 363 | 78.5% | 0.9 min | 1.7% |
| LGA–PBI | New York to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach | 339 | 70.5% | 8.4 min | 1.5% |
| LGA–BNA | New York to Nashville | 336 | 81.8% | -1.8 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in March 2025?
80.7% of 11,221 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 82.7% of 13,366 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 1.1% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.