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New York (LGA) departure delays

Name: New York (LGA) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 48,533 sampled departures, 71.4% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 38.0 minutes. Sample window: Oct 20, 2025 to Oct 17, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 22:00–22:59, 57.1% late.
Best day of week: Wednesday, 64.9% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Southwest Airlines Co. (WN)	2,970	86.8%	45.9 min
Porter Airlines Inc. (PD)	254	80.7%	38.9 min
Air Canada (AC)	1,471	77.4%	42.3 min
Frontier Airlines, Inc. (F9)	402	76.1%	51.6 min
JetBlue (B6)	1,124	74.0%	41.3 min

Routes from LGA

LGA to ORD — 806 flights per week
LGA to DFW — 414 flights per week
LGA to BOS — 371 flights per week
LGA to MIA — 367 flights per week
LGA to ATL — 365 flights per week
LGA to CLT — 355 flights per week
LGA to BNA — 349 flights per week
LGA to RDU — 344 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

71.4% of this LGA sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=LGA

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "LGA", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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