Flights Grand Rapids → New York
GRR → LGA
Route overview
The flight route from Grand Rapids to New York operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 82%. Over the course of the year, it has recorded an average delay of just 10.1 minutes per flight across a total of 213 flights, using Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft. The destination airport serves over 29 million passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and demand for such routes.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Grand Rapids (GRR) → New York (LGA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 310 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Grand Rapids the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Grand Rapids (GRR) to New York (LGA) heads east for about 992 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 40m.
Departures from Grand Rapids on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of GRR-LGA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Grand Rapids the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 310 tracked GRR-LGA flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 7.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about GRR-LGA
On the Grand Rapids (GRR) -> New York (LGA) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 310 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Grand Rapids-New York is 7.74% across 310 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
