ROA to LGA flight delays
Roanoke, VA (ROA) New York, NY (LGA) · 405 miles
824 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
70.1%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
6.8%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
107 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
33 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Endeavor Air arrived on time 28.3 points more often than Republic 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 6.8% 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 66.4 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 route has been getting worse. The later months run 22.4 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, Endeavor Air arrived on time most often on ROA to LGA. Republic Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in July.
Every airline on ROA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 652 | 63.94% | 7.82% | 106 min | F |
| Endeavor Air | 172 | 92.22% | 2.91% | 121 min | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LGA to ROA New York back to Roanoke 74.65% on time DCommon questions
Are flights from Roanoke to New York usually delayed?
70.1% of flights on the ROA 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 Roanoke to New York?
Endeavor Air, at 92.22% on time across 172 flights. The least punctual on the route was Republic Airways at 63.94%.
How often are ROA to LGA flights cancelled?
6.8% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 68 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Roanoke to New York?
September, when 92.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 26.1%.
When ROA to LGA flights are late, how late are they?
About 107 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 ROA to LGA 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 →