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Airport month · October 2025
LaGuardia in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 12,002 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 75.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.0% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 5.0 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 14,154 departures with 88.3% leaving on time: a change of −13.3 points, with flights down 15%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 68.4% of the time (12,003 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 34% and air carrier 21%.
- On time 65.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.3%
- Cancelled 2.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.0% | 88.3% | 72.6% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 65.0% | 88.9% | 69.9% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 2.6% | 0.6% | 4.6% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.6 min | 8.2 min | 19.3 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 400 | 472 | 372 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 12,002 | 14,154 | 135,840 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 4,892 | 41% | 65.9% | 14.1 min | 3.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,747 | 23% | 66.5% | 16.5 min | 2.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,372 | 11% | 64.2% | 20.0 min | 1.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 992 | 8% | 59.5% | 19.7 min | 2.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 850 | 7% | 61.8% | 18.9 min | 1.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 447 | 4% | 72.5% | 7.2 min | 2.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 338 | 3% | 63.6% | 16.7 min | 0.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 220 | 2% | 58.2% | 50.7 min | 3.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 144 | 1% | 59.7% | 26.8 min | 3.5% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 1,025 | 54.6% | 27.5 min | 2.0% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 798 | 68.3% | 15.6 min | 1.9% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 674 | 59.5% | 19.9 min | 4.2% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 614 | 62.1% | 22.8 min | 2.1% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 483 | 66.0% | 16.7 min | 1.9% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 436 | 71.3% | 10.1 min | 2.8% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 422 | 65.2% | 19.2 min | 1.4% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 401 | 67.1% | 13.6 min | 2.0% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 398 | 65.8% | 13.5 min | 3.0% |
| LGA–DTW | New York to Detroit | 386 | 72.8% | 11.8 min | 1.8% |
| LGA–IAH | New York to Houston | 376 | 68.4% | 11.7 min | 2.4% |
| LGA–BNA | New York to Nashville | 349 | 56.4% | 23.1 min | 3.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in October 2025?
75.0% of 12,002 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 88.3% of 14,154 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 75.0% and 2.6% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.