STL → LGA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · St. Louis, MO to New York, NY · 1,390 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 54 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 57% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+53 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from STL to LGA?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on STL → LGA (1,390 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +53 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time95772%
16-30 min14511%
31-60 min1229%
61-120 min735%
2+ hrs403%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710969%+11 min
2025-0811377%+7 min
2025-0911085%0 min
2025-1011365%+14 min
2025-1111464%+23 min
2025-1212067%+22 min
2026-0111384%-3 min
2026-029778%-1 min
2026-0310460%+30 min
2026-0411473%+10 min
2026-0511570%+16 min
2026-0611570%+11 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19769%
Tue20679%
Wed20280%
Thu19966%
Fri20075%
Sat13472%
Sun19960%

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