Flights New York → Portland
LGA → PWM
Route overview
The flight route from New York to Portland operates with a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft and records an on-time performance rate of 77%. Over the course of the year, it has conducted 303 flights, with each flight experiencing an average delay of 10.4 minutes. The destination airport serves approximately 2,180,154 passengers annually.
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 New York (LGA) → Portland (PWM) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 386 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 30.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Portland the average ATFM delay is 3.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Portland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New York (LGA) to Portland (PWM) heads north-east for about 433 km, a flight time of roughly 58m.
Departures from New York on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 38% of LGA-PWM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Portland it is 3.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 386 tracked LGA-PWM flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 6.5% 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 LGA-PWM
On the New York (LGA) -> Portland (PWM) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 386 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New York-Portland is 6.48% across 386 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.
