LGA → BUF American Airlines

American Airlines · New York, NY to Buffalo, NY · 998 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 12 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -5 min, while the worst 10% run +61 min or later.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+61 min
Cancellation rate
7%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on LGA → BUF (998 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +61 min or later. 7% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time68774%
16-30 min718%
31-60 min788%
61-120 min637%
2+ hrs323%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076472%+21 min
2025-087885%+2 min
2025-097683%-1 min
2025-108566%+16 min
2025-117469%+14 min
2025-126563%+23 min
2026-017066%+16 min
2026-026975%+17 min
2026-037473%+11 min
2026-048473%+7 min
2026-059674%+3 min
2026-069683%+2 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon14172%
Tue14979%
Wed14879%
Thu14668%
Fri14576%
Sat7480%
Sun12865%

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