ATL → LGA American Airlines

American Airlines · Atlanta, GA to New York, NY · 1,575 flights, 2025-09-03 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 52 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -7 min, while the worst 10% run +60 min or later.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+60 min
Cancellation rate
5%

How on-time is American Airlines from ATL to LGA?

Across every American Airlines flight number on ATL → LGA (1,575 flights, 2025-09-03 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +60 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,15678%
16-30 min906%
31-60 min977%
61-120 min785%
2+ hrs705%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0915086%-3 min
2025-1016468%+23 min
2025-1114769%+19 min
2025-1213674%+24 min
2026-0114188%-8 min
2026-0213884%+3 min
2026-0315168%+31 min
2026-0416280%+0 min
2026-0515780%+9 min
2026-0614581%+10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon22578%
Tue23980%
Wed24282%
Thu23575%
Fri23676%
Sat13182%
Sun18370%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…