On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2025

LaGuardia in August 2025

79.2%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,582 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.1% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 14,136 departures with 70.6% leaving on time: a change of +8.6 points, with flights down 18%.

Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 76.9% of the time (11,583 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 24%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2025Aug 2024LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time79.2%70.6%72.6%76.8%
Arrived on time79.1%68.0%69.9%76.3%
Cancelled1.8%7.7%4.6%1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)16.2 min22.4 min19.3 min17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day38647137220,079
Scheduled departures11,58214,136135,840602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline4,70141%83.9%-3.9 min2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines2,48521%80.1%4.0 min1.6%
AA American Airlines1,35112%69.4%17.2 min2.5%
WN Southwest Airlines9838%76.7%8.1 min0.6%
UA United Airlines8357%74.1%8.0 min2.4%
NK Spirit Airlines4664%84.3%-4.0 min0.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways4033%63.8%33.7 min0.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines2142%71.5%12.2 min4.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines1441%81.9%7.8 min0.7%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LGA–ORDNew York to Chicago97370.6%15.9 min3.4%
LGA–ATLNew York to Atlanta60682.0%4.7 min1.5%
LGA–DFWNew York to Dallas/Fort Worth60172.7%7.0 min3.3%
LGA–BOSNew York to Boston56881.9%1.1 min1.4%
LGA–MIANew York to Miami49569.5%14.9 min1.6%
LGA–MCONew York to Orlando43368.4%19.9 min1.6%
LGA–DCANew York to Washington40685.0%-8.4 min3.0%
LGA–DENNew York to Denver40473.8%7.4 min1.0%
LGA–CLTNew York to Charlotte39579.2%8.3 min2.0%
LGA–IAHNew York to Houston37779.6%3.9 min0.5%
LGA–DTWNew York to Detroit33388.0%-7.0 min1.2%
LGA–FLLNew York to Fort Lauderdale32974.2%12.9 min0.6%

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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2025Minutes
Air carrier32.2%33.1%56,206
Late-arriving aircraft39.7%40.5%69,321
National Aviation System24.4%19.2%42,552
Extreme weather3.7%7.0%6,494
Security0.1%0.1%137
174,710 delay minutes on 2,146 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 August 2025?

79.2% of 11,582 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 70.6% of 14,136 departures left on time and 7.7% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 1.8% in August 2025.

Provenance

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