Great-circle route MSP ↔ LGA. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSP → LGA Minneapolis to New York |
35/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines |
| LGA → MSP New York to Minneapolis |
— | — | Delta Air Lines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 583,776 passengers on 4,388 flights between MSP and LGA — about 1,600 a day — filling 86% of the 676,034 seats flown. Delta Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (90%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
Delta Air Lines is the only airline flying the MSP–LGA nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A321, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A220-100.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport and La Guardia Airport is 1,018 miles, or 1,638 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,018 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,638 km |
| Nautical miles | 885 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. Delta Air Lines flies the route nonstop, with about 35 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 36m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,018-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
Delta Air Lines.
In 2025, airlines reported 583,776 passengers on 4,388 scheduled flights between MSP and LGA — about 1,600 a day — filling 86% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A321, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A220-100. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
