LGA to LEX flight delays
New York, NY (LGA) Lexington, KY (LEX) · 604 miles
64 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
90%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
6.25%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
47 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
6 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: 6.25% 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 two directions do not behave alike. LEX to LGA arrives on time 15.4 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from LGA overall run 11 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion LGA has, this route is largely escaping it.
Flights from New York to Lexington are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
Every airline on LGA to LEX
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 | 64 | 90% | 6.25% | 47 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LEX to LGA Lexington back to New York 74.58% on time —Other routes from New York
Common questions
Are flights from New York to Lexington usually delayed?
90% of flights on the LGA to LEX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
How often are LGA to LEX flights cancelled?
6.25% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 63 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When LGA to LEX flights are late, how late are they?
About 47 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 LEX 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 →