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Airport month · December 2025
LaGuardia in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,361 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 64.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 59.2% reached their destination on time; 4.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 7.1 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 13,005 departures with 77.7% leaving on time: a change of −12.8 points, with flights down 13%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 61.5% of the time (11,363 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 25%.
- On time 59.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 35.9%
- Cancelled 4.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 64.9% | 77.7% | 72.6% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 59.2% | 77.5% | 69.9% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 4.8% | 0.3% | 4.6% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 25.7 min | 15.7 min | 19.3 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 379 | 434 | 372 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,361 | 13,005 | 135,840 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 4,335 | 38% | 60.7% | 18.6 min | 4.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,583 | 23% | 56.3% | 23.2 min | 7.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,409 | 12% | 62.2% | 22.5 min | 2.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,026 | 9% | 57.8% | 24.5 min | 2.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 765 | 7% | 65.8% | 20.3 min | 2.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 554 | 5% | 57.4% | 23.4 min | 6.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 382 | 3% | 48.4% | 28.7 min | 4.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 218 | 2% | 50.5% | 40.3 min | 8.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 89 | 1% | 56.2% | 41.8 min | 3.4% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 910 | 56.5% | 30.2 min | 4.5% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 752 | 63.6% | 20.4 min | 5.9% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 541 | 58.6% | 18.1 min | 4.6% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 532 | 59.4% | 20.5 min | 4.1% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 504 | 65.1% | 14.0 min | 5.6% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 466 | 56.2% | 24.2 min | 5.4% |
| LGA–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 455 | 54.1% | 25.6 min | 5.7% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 391 | 58.8% | 20.4 min | 4.3% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 384 | 64.3% | 18.5 min | 3.4% |
| LGA–DTW | New York to Detroit | 355 | 60.6% | 21.0 min | 5.6% |
| LGA–IAH | New York to Houston | 350 | 67.7% | 19.8 min | 4.3% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 342 | 52.9% | 27.1 min | 4.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in December 2025?
64.9% of 11,361 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 59.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 77.7% of 13,005 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 64.9% and 4.8% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.