On-Time Report

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Airport month · July 2025

LaGuardia in July 2025

64.0%departed on time

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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,696 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 64.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.6% reached their destination on time; 8.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 5.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 14,343 departures with 69.2% leaving on time: a change of −5.2 points, with flights down 18%.

Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 61.4% of the time (11,694 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 23%.

Every scheduled departure from LGA in July 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJul 2025Jul 2024LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time64.0%69.2%72.6%69.7%
Arrived on time61.6%66.4%69.9%69.0%
Cancelled8.8%5.4%4.6%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)31.5 min25.4 min19.3 min24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day39047837221,048
Scheduled departures11,69614,343135,840631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline4,76941%62.5%15.8 min12.1%
DL Delta Air Lines2,49121%64.1%23.4 min5.5%
AA American Airlines1,37312%57.9%39.2 min8.5%
WN Southwest Airlines1,0079%59.8%28.2 min6.8%
UA United Airlines8407%58.0%41.9 min4.4%
NK Spirit Airlines4524%71.7%11.0 min6.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways4033%54.3%39.5 min7.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines2142%52.3%62.1 min5.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines1471%62.6%16.8 min12.9%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LGA–ORDNew York to Chicago1,01154.8%45.5 min6.8%
LGA–DFWNew York to Dallas/Fort Worth62962.2%26.7 min7.0%
LGA–ATLNew York to Atlanta62065.6%21.1 min5.3%
LGA–BOSNew York to Boston59562.4%15.6 min10.4%
LGA–MIANew York to Miami48059.0%33.6 min7.7%
LGA–DCANew York to Washington41966.6%8.0 min13.6%
LGA–DENNew York to Denver40955.5%30.3 min5.9%
LGA–CLTNew York to Charlotte40669.7%26.9 min5.2%
LGA–MCONew York to Orlando40455.0%29.5 min7.4%
LGA–IAHNew York to Houston38066.6%28.3 min3.2%
LGA–DTWNew York to Detroit33964.3%27.4 min9.4%
LGA–BNANew York to Nashville32462.3%21.2 min7.4%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2025Minutes
Air carrier23.3%31.1%84,027
Late-arriving aircraft36.1%40.8%130,362
National Aviation System30.9%20.7%111,480
Extreme weather9.6%7.3%34,525
Security0.1%0.1%268
360,662 delay minutes on 3,395 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left LGA on time in July 2025?

64.0% of 11,696 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 69.2% of 14,343 departures left on time and 5.4% were cancelled, against 64.0% and 8.8% in July 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 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.