FLL to LGA flight delays
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) New York, NY (LGA) · 1,076 miles
334 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
72.19%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.4%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
73 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
21 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Delta Air Lines arrived on time 6.7 points more often than JetBlue Airways over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
This is a thin route — 334 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Fort Lauderdale to New York run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on FLL to LGA. JetBlue Airways was late most often.
Every airline on FLL to LGA
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways | 167 | 73.29% | 2.4% | 71 min | D |
| Delta Air Lines | 116 | 80% | 2.59% | 52 min | C |
| American Airlines | 51 | 51.02% | 1.96% | 95 min | — |
The return leg
LGA to FLL New York back to Fort Lauderdale 74.77% on time COther routes from Fort Lauderdale
Common questions
Are flights from Fort Lauderdale to New York usually delayed?
72.19% of flights on the FLL to LGA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Fort Lauderdale to New York?
Delta Air Lines, at 80% on time across 116 flights. The least punctual on the route was JetBlue Airways at 73.29%.
How often are FLL to LGA flights cancelled?
2.4% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 24 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When FLL to LGA flights are late, how late are they?
About 73 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on FLL to LGA during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →