Airport month record
LGANOV
LaGuardia in November 2025
- Departures
- 11,577
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 9
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at LGA, see live FAA status.
LGA in November carries a cancellation problem, not just a delay problem: 3.6% of scheduled flights never operate, against 2.5% nationally. Of the ones that do fly, about two flights in three arrive on time, worth a C− overall. The punctuality figure counts only flights that actually departed, so it flatters an operation that cancels this often. That rests on 11,577 flights, of which Spirit Airlines flew 536 at 72.8% on time.
Spirit Airlines is the most reliable of the six carriers covered here at 72.8% on time across 536 flights.
Key figures
On time
67.9%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 11,139 completed departures
Avg delay
78 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
3.63%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
73.4%
LGA across all twelve months
These figures cover 11,577 departures from LaGuardia in November 2025. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
November next to LGA's other months
Against LGA's own year, November ran 6 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 73.4%, which makes it number nine of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, October ran 66.8% on time and December 62.2%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 11,696 | 68.0% | 106 min | 8.76% | C− |
| August 2025 | 11,582 | 81.0% | 81 min | 1.79% | B |
| September 2025 | 11,388 | 82.4% | 77 min | 0.89% | B+ |
| October 2025 | 12,002 | 66.8% | 68 min | 2.58% | C |
| November 2025 (this page) | 11,577 | 67.9% | 78 min | 3.63% | C− |
| December 2025 | 11,361 | 62.2% | 74 min | 4.81% | D− |
| January 2026 | 11,099 | 78.9% | 66 min | 7.77% | B− |
| February 2026 | 10,307 | 78.5% | 66 min | 8.22% | B− |
| March 2026 | 11,660 | 67.9% | 77 min | 9.73% | C− |
| April 2026 | 11,443 | 76.5% | 69 min | 0.95% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 11,375 | 75.4% | 68 min | 1.83% | B |
| June 2026 | 10,877 | 75.3% | 81 min | 4.16% | B− |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave LGA in November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 36 points, against 7 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,554 flights89.7%
- 8am–11am2,337 flights78.2%
- 11am–2pm1,977 flights67.3%
- 2pm–5pm2,334 flights60.8%
- 5pm–8pm1,994 flights53.4%
- 8pm–5am1,381 flights59.0%
Scale runs 45% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 53.4% on time, against 89.7% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 2,337 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Friday is the strongest day at 86.9% on time and Monday the weakest at 50.5%. 36 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at LGA in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Spirit Airlines arrives on time 72.8% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 66.1%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 961 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 4,538 | 69.5% | 71 min | 4.94% | C− |
| Delta Air Lines | 2,640 | 67.7% | 80 min | 2.46% | C |
| American Airlines | 1,422 | 66.2% | 82 min | 3.16% | C− |
| Southwest Airlines | 961 | 66.1% | 69 min | 2.50% | C |
| United Airlines | 780 | 68.2% | 84 min | 2.18% | C |
| Spirit Airlines | 536 | 72.8% | 91 min | 3.36% | C− |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 362 | 59.7% | 86 min | 4.70% | D− |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 207 | 59.6% | 140 min | 3.86% | D− |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 131 | 60.5% | 104 min | 1.53% | D |
Republic Airways cancels 4.9% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of LGA in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA to ORD · Chicago | 976 | 59.1% | 89 min | 4.41% | D− |
| LGA to ATL · Atlanta | 758 | 70.7% | 78 min | 2.37% | C |
| LGA to BOS · Boston | 600 | 73.0% | 78 min | 4.67% | C− |
| LGA to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worth | 582 | 63.4% | 85 min | 3.26% | D− |
| LGA to MIA · Miami | 468 | 64.7% | 83 min | 3.85% | D− |
| LGA to MCO · Orlando | 446 | 67.3% | 95 min | 2.02% | C |
| LGA to FLL · Fort Lauderdale | 405 | 68.4% | 85 min | 4.69% | C− |
| LGA to CLT · Charlotte | 400 | 72.1% | 95 min | 2.50% | C |
| LGA to DCA · Washington | 393 | 58.2% | 62 min | 4.83% | D− |
| LGA to DTW · Detroit | 371 | 73.3% | 78 min | 3.23% | C− |
| LGA to DEN · Denverthin sample | 362 | 68.6% | 66 min | 2.49% | C |
| LGA to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 353 | 75.4% | 77 min | 1.13% | B |
| LGA to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 336 | 64.5% | 70 min | 2.08% | D |
| LGA to CMH · Columbusthin sample | 289 | 73.4% | 70 min | 1.04% | C |
| LGA to PBI · West Palm Beachthin sample | 279 | 62.5% | 67 min | 2.15% | D |
| LGA to TPA · Tampathin sample | 258 | 62.8% | 80 min | 1.94% | D |
| LGA to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 257 | 64.7% | 76 min | 3.11% | D− |
| LGA to PIT · Pittsburghthin sample | 236 | 70.9% | 93 min | 2.54% | C |
| LGA to GSO · Greensborothin sample | 210 | 67.7% | 72 min | 5.71% | C− |
| LGA to RIC · Richmondthin sample | 208 | 71.0% | 70 min | 7.21% | C− |
| LGA to IND · Indianapolisthin sample | 204 | 69.3% | 80 min | 2.45% | C |
| LGA to CLE · Clevelandthin sample | 198 | 69.8% | 80 min | 3.03% | C− |
| LGA to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 191 | 70.6% | 70 min | 6.81% | C− |
| LGA to STL · St. Louisthin sample | 189 | 68.8% | 80 min | 1.59% | C |
| LGA to BUF · Buffalothin sample | 144 | 68.4% | 72 min | 5.56% | C− |
Delay causes
What held LGA up in November
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 44% of the 281,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.
- 44%Late-arriving aircraft
- 34%National Airspace System
- 21%Carrier
- 0%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
44% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 281,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 44 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 280,840 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 3.63%, against 2.49% nationally. That is roughly one flight in 30 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 15.2% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 7.8% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from LGA in November
For a November trip through LGA: expect 67.9% on time and 3.63% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- LaGuardia (LGA), the whole year
- LGA in July68.0%
- LGA in August81.0%
- LGA in September82.4%
- LGA in October66.8%
- LGA in December62.2%
- LGA in January78.9%
- LGA in February78.5%
- LGA in March67.9%
- LGA in April76.5%
- LGA in May75.4%
- LGA in June75.3%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.