LGA to DAY flight delays
New York, NY (LGA) Dayton, OH (DAY) · 549 miles
451 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
81.12%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.88%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
72 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 4.88% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 53.5 points more punctual than in July — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 72 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 9.1 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on LGA to DAY. Endeavor Air was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in July.
Every airline on LGA to DAY
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 304 | 82.76% | 4.61% | 64 min | C |
| Endeavor Air | 147 | 77.7% | 5.44% | 85 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DAY to LGA Dayton back to New York 84.55% on time COther routes from New York
Common questions
Are flights from New York to Dayton usually delayed?
81.12% of flights on the LGA to DAY route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from New York to Dayton?
Republic Airways, at 82.76% on time across 304 flights. The least punctual on the route was Endeavor Air at 77.7%.
How often are LGA to DAY flights cancelled?
4.88% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 49 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly New York to Dayton?
October, when 94.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 40.9%.
When LGA to DAY flights are late, how late are they?
About 72 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 LGA to DAY during July 2024 – July 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 →