SRQ to LGA flight delays
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) New York, NY (LGA) · 1,047 miles
556 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
74.09%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
5.04%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
141 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
37 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: 5.04% 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 31.7 points more punctual than in October — 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 two directions do not behave alike. LGA to SRQ arrives on time 7.7 points more 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.
Only Delta Air Lines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on SRQ to LGA. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in October.
Every airline on SRQ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 539 | 73.61% | 5.19% | 142 min | F |
| Republic Airways | 17 | 88.24% | 0% | 41 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
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Common questions
Are flights from Sarasota/Bradenton to New York usually delayed?
74.09% of flights on the SRQ to LGA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Sarasota/Bradenton to New York?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 539 flights and 73.61% arriving on time.
How often are SRQ to LGA flights cancelled?
5.04% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 50 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Sarasota/Bradenton to New York?
September, when 90.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was October at 58.6%.
When SRQ to LGA flights are late, how late are they?
About 141 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 SRQ 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 →