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BHM vs LGA - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
BHM

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham, Alabama

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Airport B
LGA

New York, NY

New York, New York

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric BHM LGA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.5% 81.2%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 73.9 min 80.6 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.5% 18.8%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.14% 1.80%
Total Flights 178,467 1,574,867
Delayed Flights 33,077 295,934
Cancelled Flights 2,031 28,401
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

BHM - Birmingham, AL

Late Aircraft 43.9%
Carrier 32.3%
NAS 16.5%
Weather 7.1%
Security 0.2%

LGA - New York, NY

Late Aircraft 41.0%
Carrier 30.2%
NAS 23.9%
Weather 4.7%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from BHM

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → BHM
Birmingham
16,520 86.4%
BHM → ATL
Atlanta
16,512 90.7%
CLT → BHM
Birmingham
11,809 81%
BHM → CLT
Charlotte
11,795 83.8%
DFW → BHM
Birmingham
11,643 76.1%
BHM → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
11,634 77.9%

Top routes from LGA

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → LGA
New York
56,539 78.2%
LGA → ORD
Chicago
56,521 80.8%
ATL → LGA
New York
42,079 80.8%
LGA → ATL
Atlanta
42,078 82.2%
LGA → BOS
Boston
39,006 82.4%
BOS → LGA
New York
38,931 83.4%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.