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When is New York LGA security busiest? 5 to 6 am, then 1 pm.

Calmest around 5 pm. Choose any hour on the board.

People screened per hour at LGA checkpoints, by weekday and hour; choose a cell to read it
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Friday, 6 am

4,550

people screened, 8-week average.

Which checkpoint is busiest? TB-CHK and TC-CHK.

TB-CHK peaks at 1 pm, TC-CHK at 6 am.

Security counts,

  • TB-CHK

    1 pm

    2,040 screened

  • TC-CHK

    6 am

    1,780 screened

Which departures leave on time? Leave in the morning.

6 am: 88% left on time. 8 pm: 55%.

Flight records,

Share of LGA departures leaving less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour
DepartsBarLeft on time
6 am88%
7 am87%
8 am84%
9 am81%
10 am80%
11 am77%
12 pm75%
1 pm74%
2 pm68%
3 pm65%
4 pm62%
5 pm60%
6 pm59%
7 pm60%
8 pm55%
9 pm55%

Which airline runs on time here? Delta and United tie at 69%.

Delta flies 50% of LGA departures and landed on time 69% of the time.

Flight records,

  1. Delta 83,271 flights, 5.6% cancelled 69%
  2. United 11,225 flights, 4.2% cancelled 69%
  3. American 49,607 flights, 5.3% cancelled 68%
  4. Spirit 3,953 flights, 7.0% cancelled 66%
  5. Southwest 11,715 flights, 4.3% cancelled 66%
  6. JetBlue 4,458 flights, 4.5% cancelled 63%

Not ranked, under ten flights a day: Frontier 53% of 2,324.

Where do LGA flights land late? Washington, Chicago, Dallas Fort Worth.

Lowest on-time rates of the 8 busiest.

Flight records,

ToFlightsOn time
ORD Chicago11,64163%
ATL Atlanta8,50072%
BOS Boston7,44368%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth6,64666%
MIA Miami5,95167%
MCO Orlando5,14966%
CLT Charlotte5,13972%
DCA Washington4,84162%