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Airport month · May 2025
LaGuardia in May 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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,343 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 75.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.1% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 14,093 departures with 78.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights down 20%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 69.5% of the time (11,332 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 24%.
- On time 70.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.7%
- Cancelled 1.9%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.0% | 78.2% | 72.6% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 70.1% | 76.7% | 69.9% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 1.9% | 1.6% | 4.6% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.4 min | 17.5 min | 19.3 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 378 | 470 | 372 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,343 | 14,093 | 135,840 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 4,600 | 41% | 70.7% | 13.2 min | 2.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,459 | 22% | 69.5% | 19.6 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,378 | 12% | 69.8% | 20.6 min | 2.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 994 | 9% | 67.0% | 17.6 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 817 | 7% | 74.7% | 9.5 min | 0.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 427 | 4% | 78.7% | 8.7 min | 1.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 370 | 3% | 62.4% | 22.9 min | 0.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 216 | 2% | 57.9% | 47.1 min | 3.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 82 | 1% | 69.5% | 11.7 min | 2.4% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 983 | 73.9% | 16.1 min | 1.5% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 606 | 69.6% | 22.3 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 594 | 65.5% | 22.8 min | 2.2% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 555 | 68.5% | 17.3 min | 1.8% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 496 | 72.6% | 18.1 min | 1.0% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 431 | 60.6% | 22.1 min | 0.9% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 388 | 66.2% | 13.2 min | 3.9% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 384 | 73.2% | 24.3 min | 2.6% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 376 | 71.3% | 7.7 min | 0.8% |
| LGA–BNA | New York to Nashville | 369 | 68.6% | 16.1 min | 2.2% |
| LGA–IAH | New York to Houston | 369 | 73.2% | 14.7 min | 0.8% |
| LGA–DTW | New York to Detroit | 312 | 74.7% | 13.3 min | 1.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in May 2025?
75.0% of 11,343 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 78.2% of 14,093 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 75.0% and 1.9% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.