Great-circle route YUL ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YUL → LGA Montreal to New York |
67/wk | Daily | Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines |
| LGA → YUL New York to Montreal |
— | — | Air Canada, American Airlines, 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 417,634 passengers on 6,573 flights between YUL and LGA — about 1,145 a day — filling 81% of the 517,808 seats flown. Jazz Aviation LP carried the most passengers (45%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
3 airlines fly the YUL–LGA nonstop, including Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A220-300, Bombardier CRJ900, Embraer 170, Embraer 175.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport and La Guardia Airport is 324 miles, or 521 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 324 mi |
| Kilometres | 521 km |
| Nautical miles | 282 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 67 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 17m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 324-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.
Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines.
In 2025, airlines reported 417,634 passengers on 6,573 scheduled flights between YUL and LGA — about 1,145 a day — filling 81% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A220-300, Bombardier CRJ900, Embraer 170, Embraer 175. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
