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Airport month · January 2026
LaGuardia in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 11,099 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 74.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.7% reached their destination on time; 7.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 10,905 departures with 80.7% leaving on time: a change of −5.8 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 73.3% of the time (11,100 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 72.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
- Cancelled 7.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.9% | 80.7% | 72.6% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 72.7% | 76.8% | 69.9% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 7.8% | 3.0% | 4.6% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.1 min | 12.3 min | 19.3 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 370 | 364 | 372 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,099 | 10,905 | 135,840 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 4,600 | 41% | 71.5% | 1.4 min | 9.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,366 | 21% | 74.3% | 1.4 min | 5.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,383 | 12% | 70.4% | 9.2 min | 10.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 978 | 9% | 81.6% | -6.8 min | 4.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 595 | 5% | 78.2% | -3.6 min | 4.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 547 | 5% | 68.7% | 5.8 min | 9.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 403 | 4% | 62.0% | 18.3 min | 6.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 183 | 2% | 67.8% | 15.0 min | 4.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 44 | 0% | 65.9% | 1.5 min | 6.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 951 | 70.1% | 4.7 min | 8.1% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 734 | 77.2% | 0.1 min | 5.9% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 563 | 69.6% | 7.5 min | 7.3% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 542 | 75.5% | -2.2 min | 8.5% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 535 | 69.3% | 5.8 min | 10.7% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 512 | 71.1% | 6.5 min | 5.7% |
| LGA–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 459 | 67.5% | 9.9 min | 6.3% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 403 | 62.3% | 10.2 min | 8.4% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 382 | 79.6% | -5.3 min | 3.7% |
| LGA–DTW | New York to Detroit | 349 | 75.1% | -0.1 min | 8.6% |
| LGA–PBI | New York to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach | 339 | 61.9% | 14.6 min | 7.1% |
| LGA–CLT | New York to Charlotte | 336 | 72.0% | 9.6 min | 10.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in January 2026?
74.9% of 11,099 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 80.7% of 10,905 departures left on time and 3.0% were cancelled, against 74.9% and 7.8% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.