What is the TSA wait at LGA right now?
Observed security history for LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is listed by hour. It is not a live reading. The current hour is chosen in the browser from that table.
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Typical history
LaGuardia Airport TSA wait times
LGA · KLGA · New York, New York
Security wait
A live wait is shown in this space when the stored feed is under 15 minutes old.
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Observed security history for LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is listed by hour. It is not a live reading. The current hour is chosen in the browser from that table.
Typical wait by hour
On Sundays, the quietest observed standard-lane hours are 12am (sample-weighted median 1 minute) and 1am (sample-weighted median 1 minute). The busiest observed hours are 4am (sample-weighted 75th percentile 25 minutes) and 8pm (sample-weighted 75th percentile 15 minutes). Hours with no readings are left out, not treated as zero.
Standard lane only. Average and 75th percentile are sample-weighted from observed history. A gap means that hour had no readings.
PreCheck
Historical dataset includes a PreCheck lane.
CLEAR
CLEAR is not shown. We are not using a CLEAR source.
Departure delays
Historical on-time performance. Not a live delay.
75%
On-time departures, September 2025 through August 2026. A departure is on time when it left less than 15 minutes late.
Flights out of LaGuardia Airport left on time 75% of the time from September 2025 through August 2026. The largest share of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%). That is a share of delay minutes, not a share of flights. The average delay among departures that were 15 minutes or more late was 79 minutes. 5% of scheduled flights were cancelled.
The highest on-time month was September 2025 (85%). The lowest was March 2026 (67%).
| Cause | Delay minutes | Share of delay minutes |
|---|---|---|
| late-arriving aircraft | 1,143,661 | 42% |
| the national airspace system | 777,346 | 29% |
| the airline | 666,025 | 25% |
| weather | 121,061 | 4% |
| security | 5,172 | 0% |
When to be at the airport
TSA's published guidance is to arrive at the airport 2 hours before a domestic departure and 3 hours before an international departure. That is guidance, not a measured security wait.
Nearby airports
- John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK · New York11 mi
- Teterboro Airport TEB · Teterboro11 mi
- Newark Liberty International Airport EWR · Newark17 mi
- Westchester County Airport HPN · White Plains22 mi
- Long Island MacArthur Airport ISP · Islip40 mi
Distances are straight-line miles.
Airport details
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 04/22, 7,002 ft
- Longest runway width
- 150 ft
- Longest runway surface
- ASPH-CONC
- Longest runway lighting
- HIGH
- Elevation
- 20.7 ft
- Control tower
- Yes
- CY2024 enplanements
- 16,715,567
- Facility use
- Public
- Ownership
- Public
- Part 139 certificate code
- I D
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Airframe repair
- MAJOR
- Powerplant repair
- MAJOR
- Last inspection
- 2025/11/03
- PreCheck
- Historical dataset includes a PreCheck lane.
FAA facility record date 2026/10/01. Runways: BTS NTAD Runways. Facility facts: BTS NTAD Aviation Facilities. Enplanements: FAA CY2024 commercial service.
Questions
Does TSACheck have a live security wait for LGA?
A live figure is shown only when the stored airport feed is fresh. LaGuardia Airport (LGA) also has observed history. A stored value that is too old is not shown as live.
How often do flights leave LGA on time?
Flights out of LaGuardia Airport left on time 75% of the time from September 2025 through August 2026. The largest share of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%). That is a share of delay minutes, not a share of flights. The average delay among departures that were 15 minutes or more late was 79 minutes. 5% of scheduled flights were cancelled.
How early should I get to LGA?
TSA's published guidance is to arrive at the airport 2 hours before a domestic departure and 3 hours before an international departure. That is guidance, not a measured security wait.
Which airports are near LGA?
The nearest airports in this list are John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 11 straight-line miles; Teterboro Airport (TEB), 11 straight-line miles; Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), 17 straight-line miles; Westchester County Airport (HPN), 22 straight-line miles; Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), 40 straight-line miles.