LaGuardia in July 2026

61.7%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 11,169 domestic departures from LaGuardia (LGA). 61.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 62.1% reached their destination on time; 9.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so LGA departures were 7.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 11,696 departures with 64.0% leaving on time: a change of −2.3 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at LGA that month were on time 58.6% of the time (11,173 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 24%.

On time 62.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.3%
Cancelled 9.9%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from LGA in July 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	LGA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	61.7%	64.0%	72.6%	68.8%
Arrived on time	62.1%	61.6%	69.9%	69.4%
Cancelled	9.9%	8.8%	4.6%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.3 min	31.5 min	19.3 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	372	390	372	21,066
Scheduled departures	11,169	11,696	135,840	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	4,807	43%	63.3%	13.0 min	11.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,452	22%	62.7%	18.3 min	8.8%
AA American Airlines	1,493	13%	63.2%	27.9 min	7.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,011	9%	61.8%	17.0 min	10.2%
UA United Airlines	845	8%	62.6%	33.2 min	6.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	379	3%	52.8%	34.9 min	10.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	182	2%	33.5%	51.1 min	19.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGA–ORD	New York to Chicago	997	59.7%	27.3 min	10.5%
LGA–ATL	New York to Atlanta	688	60.6%	16.4 min	10.5%
LGA–BOS	New York to Boston	683	61.6%	15.8 min	10.5%
LGA–DFW	New York to Dallas/Fort Worth	547	63.4%	20.2 min	7.3%
LGA–MIA	New York to Miami	460	57.4%	39.4 min	6.5%
LGA–DCA	New York to Washington	418	55.3%	14.7 min	12.7%
LGA–DEN	New York to Denver	404	62.9%	27.6 min	7.2%
LGA–MCO	New York to Orlando	358	55.0%	26.9 min	10.9%
LGA–IAH	New York to Houston	351	66.1%	23.6 min	5.7%
LGA–FLL	New York to Fort Lauderdale	346	59.5%	23.6 min	6.9%
LGA–CLT	New York to Charlotte	327	61.5%	27.2 min	8.3%
LGA–BNA	New York to Nashville	300	63.0%	15.7 min	13.3%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	23.9%	31.7%	71,329
Late-arriving aircraft	38.9%	41.8%	115,745
National Aviation System	28.1%	19.9%	83,583
Extreme weather	9.1%	6.5%	27,073
Security	0.1%	0.1%	196

297,926 delay minutes on 3,050 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LGA on time in July 2026?

61.7% of 11,169 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 62.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 64.0% of 11,696 departures left on time and 8.8% were cancelled, against 61.7% and 9.9% in July 2026.

Provenance

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