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JAX 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
JAX

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville, Florida

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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 JAX LGA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 80.4% 81.2%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 76.3 min 80.6 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 19.6% 18.8%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.22% 1.80%
Total Flights 316,106 1,574,867
Delayed Flights 62,021 295,934
Cancelled Flights 3,857 28,401
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

JAX - Jacksonville, FL

Late Aircraft 44.7%
Carrier 31.6%
NAS 18.3%
Weather 5.3%
Security 0.1%

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 JAX

Route Flights On-Time
JAX → ATL
Atlanta
24,108 88%
ATL → JAX
Jacksonville
24,075 80.6%
CLT → JAX
Jacksonville
13,224 78.6%
JAX → CLT
Charlotte
13,223 82.9%
JAX → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
10,202 79.7%
DFW → JAX
Jacksonville
10,201 73.2%

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.