On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2025

LaGuardia in November 2025

71.2%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,577 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 71.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.3% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 6.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 13,365 departures with 88.2% leaving on time: a change of −17.0 points, with flights down 13%.

Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 65.1% of the time (11,580 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, national aviation system 35% and air carrier 21%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2025Nov 2024LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time71.2%88.2%72.6%78.1%
Arrived on time65.3%89.4%69.9%77.3%
Cancelled3.6%0.1%4.6%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)21.1 min7.7 min19.3 min15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day38644637219,018
Scheduled departures11,57713,365135,840570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline4,53839%66.0%13.5 min4.9%
DL Delta Air Lines2,64023%65.8%18.4 min2.5%
AA American Airlines1,42212%64.0%20.3 min3.2%
WN Southwest Airlines9618%64.3%17.9 min2.5%
UA United Airlines7807%66.7%20.1 min2.2%
NK Spirit Airlines5365%70.3%13.8 min3.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways3623%56.9%29.1 min4.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines2072%57.0%51.2 min3.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines1311%59.5%36.6 min1.5%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LGA–ORDNew York to Chicago97656.4%31.7 min4.4%
LGA–ATLNew York to Atlanta75868.9%15.7 min2.4%
LGA–BOSNew York to Boston60069.5%10.8 min4.7%
LGA–DFWNew York to Dallas/Fort Worth58260.8%23.4 min3.3%
LGA–MIANew York to Miami46862.2%21.5 min3.8%
LGA–MCONew York to Orlando44665.9%23.9 min2.0%
LGA–FLLNew York to Fort Lauderdale40565.2%17.6 min4.7%
LGA–CLTNew York to Charlotte40070.3%19.1 min2.5%
LGA–DCANew York to Washington39355.2%21.0 min4.8%
LGA–DTWNew York to Detroit37170.9%11.2 min3.2%
LGA–DENNew York to Denver36266.9%14.8 min2.5%
LGA–IAHNew York to Houston35374.5%6.5 min1.1%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2025Minutes
Air carrier21.1%30.2%59,137
Late-arriving aircraft43.7%38.3%122,864
National Aviation System34.5%26.7%96,764
Extreme weather0.4%4.6%1,226
Security0.3%0.1%849
280,840 delay minutes on 3,581 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 November 2025?

71.2% of 11,577 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 88.2% of 13,365 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 71.2% and 3.6% in November 2025.

Provenance

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