New York (LGA) – St. Louis (STL)
- Distance
- 1,429 km
- 888 mi · 772 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 46 min / 2 h 21 min
- Average gate to gate: LGA → STL / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 179 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (106 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 574,253
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −5.2%
- Flights / week
- 135
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 753,090 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- WN, YX, 9E
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from LGA
- 266°
- Heading from STL
- 76°
- Halfway point
- 40.06, -82.24
- Great-circle km
- 1,426 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LGA → STL
- 2 h 14 min
- In the air STL → LGA
- 1 h 58 min
- Clocks
- St. Louis is 1 h behind New York
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 56,308 |
| Sep 2025 | 49,212 |
| Oct 2025 | 52,391 |
| Nov 2025 | 48,549 |
| Dec 2025 | 54,102 |
| Jan 2026 | 35,876 |
| Feb 2026 | 32,482 |
| Mar 2026 | 45,284 |
| Apr 2026 | 45,332 |
| May 2026 | 51,147 |
| Jun 2026 | 51,779 |
| Jul 2026 | 51,791 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 654 |
| Sep 2025 | 612 |
| Oct 2025 | 606 |
| Nov 2025 | 575 |
| Dec 2025 | 573 |
| Jan 2026 | 565 |
| Feb 2026 | 513 |
| Mar 2026 | 576 |
| Apr 2026 | 597 |
| May 2026 | 603 |
| Jun 2026 | 576 |
| Jul 2026 | 550 |
Airlines flying LGA–STL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 52 | 58% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 44 | 22% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 38 | 20% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 1.1 | 1% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,338 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 1,971 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,006 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 988 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 696 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1 flight
Also carried: 321 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.9%
- Flights counted
- 5,247
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72.8% | 18 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 79.2% | 17 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 78.2% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 25% · aircraft arriving late 41% · air traffic system 29% · weather 5% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $236
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $224
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 44% of passengers · $222
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 44% of passengers · $222
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $205 · Q3 2025 $213 · Q4 2025 $248 · Q1 2026 $236).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $241, likely $208–$275
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 3.2%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 4% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,426 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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