MIA to LGA flight delays
Miami, FL (MIA) New York, NY (LGA) · 1,096 miles
6,010 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
67.97%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.09%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
76 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
26 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 13.2 points more often than Spirit Airlines 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 4.09% 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 September it ran 28.5 points more punctual than in March — 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.
This is a late route. Flights from Miami to New York miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on MIA to LGA. Spirit Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in March.
Every airline on MIA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 3,549 | 66.98% | 3.47% | 82 min | F |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,916 | 72.16% | 3.97% | 65 min | D |
| Spirit Airlines | 422 | 58.96% | 7.82% | 73 min | F |
| Frontier Airlines | 119 | 60% | 11.76% | 90 min | F |
| Republic Airways | 4 | 75% | 0% | 31 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LGA to MIA New York back to Miami 70.63% on time FOther routes from Miami
Common questions
Are flights from Miami to New York usually delayed?
67.97% of flights on the MIA 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 Miami to New York?
Delta Air Lines, at 72.16% on time across 1,916 flights. The least punctual on the route was Spirit Airlines at 58.96%.
How often are MIA to LGA flights cancelled?
4.09% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 41 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Miami to New York?
September, when 79.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 51.3%.
When MIA to LGA flights are late, how late are they?
About 76 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 MIA to LGA during January 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 →