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Airport month · September 2025
LaGuardia in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,388 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 83.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 13,549 departures with 88.8% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights down 16%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 81.8% of the time (11,386 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 27%.
- On time 81.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.8% | 88.8% | 72.6% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 81.5% | 88.5% | 69.9% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.4% | 4.6% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.9 min | 7.5 min | 19.3 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 380 | 452 | 372 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,388 | 13,549 | 135,840 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 4,659 | 41% | 81.5% | 0.5 min | 1.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,524 | 22% | 83.8% | 2.2 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,312 | 12% | 76.7% | 8.9 min | 0.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 960 | 8% | 81.5% | 6.4 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 825 | 7% | 81.9% | 1.1 min | 0.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 431 | 4% | 87.2% | -1.4 min | 0.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 330 | 3% | 82.4% | 4.2 min | 0.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 205 | 2% | 67.3% | 19.0 min | 1.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 142 | 1% | 80.3% | -1.3 min | 0.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 972 | 77.1% | 8.6 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 746 | 87.5% | -1.6 min | 0.1% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 634 | 63.2% | 17.6 min | 3.2% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 590 | 74.2% | 10.2 min | 2.0% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 477 | 74.4% | 17.0 min | 0.2% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 399 | 76.7% | 5.7 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 395 | 84.3% | 1.7 min | 0.3% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 387 | 87.1% | -5.3 min | 1.0% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 386 | 80.6% | -0.4 min | 1.0% |
| LGA–IAH | New York to Houston | 369 | 85.9% | -5.4 min | 0.0% |
| LGA–DTW | New York to Detroit | 365 | 88.2% | -4.1 min | 0.5% |
| LGA–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 311 | 78.5% | 7.6 min | 0.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in September 2025?
83.8% of 11,388 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 88.8% of 13,549 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.8% and 0.9% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.