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Airport month · March 2026
LaGuardia in March 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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 11,660 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 60.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.1% reached their destination on time; 9.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 12.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 11,221 departures with 80.7% leaving on time: a change of −20.3 points, with flights up 4%.
Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 54.0% of the time (11,658 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 61.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.9%
- Cancelled 9.7%
- Diverted 0.4%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 60.4% | 80.7% | 72.6% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 61.1% | 80.0% | 69.9% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 9.7% | 1.1% | 4.6% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 26.2 min | 14.1 min | 19.3 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 389 | 374 | 372 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,660 | 11,221 | 135,840 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 5,130 | 44% | 59.2% | 14.4 min | 11.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,357 | 20% | 68.9% | 4.6 min | 8.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,434 | 12% | 65.0% | 20.2 min | 5.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 974 | 8% | 60.1% | 17.3 min | 8.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 601 | 5% | 62.1% | 25.5 min | 6.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 516 | 4% | 43.8% | 39.6 min | 16.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 397 | 3% | 60.5% | 22.8 min | 7.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 207 | 2% | 43.0% | 61.7 min | 10.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 44 | 0% | 36.4% | 34.2 min | 25.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA–ORD | New York to Chicago | 996 | 49.3% | 34.0 min | 11.8% |
| LGA–ATL | New York to Atlanta | 675 | 70.4% | 10.5 min | 7.1% |
| LGA–BOS | New York to Boston | 615 | 65.5% | 9.2 min | 12.0% |
| LGA–MIA | New York to Miami | 575 | 58.4% | 27.8 min | 8.5% |
| LGA–DFW | New York to Dallas/Fort Worth | 569 | 67.1% | 9.3 min | 7.2% |
| LGA–MCO | New York to Orlando | 523 | 58.7% | 18.9 min | 9.2% |
| LGA–FLL | New York to Fort Lauderdale | 496 | 55.0% | 24.0 min | 10.5% |
| LGA–DCA | New York to Washington | 436 | 47.9% | 26.2 min | 10.6% |
| LGA–DEN | New York to Denver | 401 | 61.8% | 20.5 min | 5.2% |
| LGA–BNA | New York to Nashville | 366 | 59.6% | 14.2 min | 9.3% |
| LGA–PBI | New York to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach | 336 | 67.3% | 15.1 min | 6.8% |
| LGA–DTW | New York to Detroit | 333 | 63.4% | 17.2 min | 11.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGA on time in March 2026?
60.4% of 11,660 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 80.7% of 11,221 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 60.4% and 9.7% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.