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Airport month · April 2025
LaGuardia in April 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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,339 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 84.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 13,515 departures with 83.1% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights down 16%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 80.7% of the time (11,323 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 30%.
- On time 78.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2025 | Apr 2024 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.1% | 83.1% | 72.6% | 80.6% |
| Arrived on time | 78.9% | 83.3% | 69.9% | 79.5% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 1.4% | 4.6% | 0.8% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.6 min | 13.2 min | 19.3 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 378 | 451 | 372 | 19,465 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,339 | 13,515 | 135,840 | 583,950 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 4,416 | 39% | 80.8% | 0.2 min | 0.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,358 | 21% | 79.6% | 3.0 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,498 | 13% | 72.9% | 9.9 min | 1.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 966 | 9% | 77.0% | 4.9 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 810 | 7% | 79.1% | 2.9 min | 1.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 463 | 4% | 76.2% | 2.8 min | 0.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 412 | 4% | 84.7% | -5.4 min | 1.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 210 | 2% | 71.9% | 14.0 min | 1.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 206 | 2% | 82.5% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 964 | 72.8% | 12.3 min | 2.0% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 636 | 83.3% | -1.5 min | 0.6% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 579 | 79.4% | 1.0 min | 1.2% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 552 | 67.4% | 10.5 min | 2.0% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 527 | 81.0% | -0.9 min | 0.9% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 447 | 77.0% | 1.0 min | 0.4% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 430 | 82.8% | 1.7 min | 0.5% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 384 | 76.6% | 4.4 min | 0.5% |
| LGA–IAH | New York to Houston | 365 | 82.5% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 361 | 71.5% | 11.6 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–BNA | New York to Nashville | 352 | 76.7% | 3.0 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 349 | 81.1% | -1.3 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in April 2025?
84.1% of 11,339 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2024, 83.1% of 13,515 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 84.1% and 0.6% in April 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.